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Belhelvie Scottish Gaelic: Baile Shealbhaigh
Park Terrace in Belhelvie
BelhelvieLocation 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°14′56″N 2°05′17″W / 57.249°N 2.088°W / 57.249; -2.088

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

Notable people

• David Lindsay, minister of Belhelvie and prominent Covenanter (d. 1667)
• General Sir Peter Lumsden, born at Belhelvie Lodge, 1829
• 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).

References

1. Belhelvie. Gazetteer for Scotland.
2. General Register Office for Scotland : Census 2001 : Usual Resident Population : KS01 : Belhelvie Civil Parish Archived March 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 January 2010
3. "Comparative Population Profile: Balmedie Locality". Scotland's Census Results Online. 29 April 2001. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
4. "Belhelvie - a History of the Parish". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
5. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Volume 65, Issue 261 - Volume 66, Issue 268 (1987), p. 230
6. "Belhelvie". Archived from the original on 14 October 2019.

External links

• Belhelvie - a Covenanting heartland?
• Belhelvie community site
• Belhelvie church and cemetery 2018 archive
• Belhelvie at Knowhere

v t e Settlements and places of interest in Formartine, Aberdeenshire
Primary settlements	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff
Other settlements	Auchterless Barthol Chapel Belhelvie Blackdog Bogton Cairnorrie Collieston Craigdam Daviot Foveran Garmond Gight Gordonstown Inverkeithny Methlick Udny Green Udny Station Whitecairns Whiterashes Woodhead of Fyvie Ythanbank
Places of interest	Balmedie Country Park Craigston Castle Delgatie Castle Esslemont Castle Formartine and Buchan Way Fyvie Castle Haddo House Knockhall Castle Pitmedden Garden Sands of Forvie Tolquhon Castle Ythan Estuary

v t e Areas and primary settlements in Aberdeenshire (see also: Aberdeen City)
in Banff and Buchan	Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills
in Buchan	Boddam Crimond Cruden Bay Fetterangus Hatton Longside Maud Mintlaw New Deer New Pitsligo Peterhead St Combs St Fergus Strichen Stuartfield
in Formartine	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff
in Garioch	Blackburn Insch Inverurie Kemnay Kintore Newmachar Westhill
in Kincardine and Mearns	Drumoak Fettercairn Gourdon Inverbervie Johnshaven Laurencekirk Luthermuir Newtonhill Portlethen St Cyrus Stonehaven
in Marr	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins

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