Author Topic: The Rodin, Rathven & Stonyfold, Rathven  (Read 1777 times)

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Re: The Rodin, Rathven & Stonyfold, Rathven
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 23 May 21 17:53 BST (UK) »
Have you found this site? It's got a lot of background info on the area if you do a search on Rathven. Very interesting.
https://www.scalan.co.uk

Oh yes! Visited the physical site now a museum several times (and hoping I might be able to go again this autumn - it's a wonderful place). Bishop John Geddes of Scalan came from Corriedown, Rathven (he was key to the continuation/survival of Catholicism in Scotland). And his cousin the famous Rev Dr Alexander Geddes philologist & poet came from Arradoul (he was a characher - not everyone's cup of tea). This family group leads from Corriedown and Cairnfield down my maternal line via William Geddes in Slackabate, Rathven. Get into the way people intermarried and moved between the Established and the Catholic churches at the drop of a hat, and you have a real rat's nest to unravel.