Belhelvie

Belhelvie (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Shealbhaigh) is a small village and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.^[1] The parish has a population of 3,802,^[2] of which 1,653 are in the village.^[3] The history of the parish is available online.^[4] The churchyard contains a notable example of a morthouse used against the activities of bodysnatchers in the early 19th century.

Belhelvie Scottish Gaelic: Baile Shealbhaigh
Park Terrace in Belhelvie
Belhelvie Location within Aberdeenshire
Population	3,802 (2001)
OS grid reference	NJ9417
Civil parish	Belhelvie
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ABERDEEN
Postcode district	AB23
Dialling code	01358
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Gordon and Buchan
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire East
List of places UK Scotland 57.249°N 2.088°W / 57.249; -2.088

Notable people

• David Lindsay, minister of Belhelvie and prominent Covenanter (d. 1667)
• General Sir Peter Lumsden, born at Belhelvie Lodge, 1829^[5]
• General Sir Harry Lumsden
• Reverend Alexander John Forsyth, Inventor of the Percussion cap.
• George Stott (1835-1889), Christian missionary with the China Inland Mission
• Sir Frederick Stewart, FRS (1916-2001), studied local geology.
• Steve Murdoch, Professor of Scottish history at the University of St Andrews and co-author of Belhelvie: A Millennium of History (Belhelvie Community Council, 2001).^[6]