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Milltown
Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Milltown
Classification Village (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Milltown Of Rothiemay
Canmore ID 171000
Site Number NJ54NW 60
NGR NJ 5479 4830
NGR Description Centred NJ 5479 4830
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171000
- Council Moray
- Parish Rothiemay
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
Srp Note (17 May 2011)
The mills of Rothiemay are first mentioned in a charter of King James IV, dated 9th March 1492.
Until the mid-eighteenth century the Milltown appears to have been a smaller settlement than its neighbour, the Kirktown of Rothiemay (NJ54NE 7.06), but from the 1740s onwards it developed and grew as part of William Duff, Lord Braco's, series of improvements to Rothiemay Castle and estate (NJ54NE 7.00). In 1746 he employed George Leslie to carry out repairs to the mill building, and also to erect a bridge, which still exists, over the mill lade (Duff House Papers, Special Libraries and Archives, University of Aberdeen, MS 3175/648). Other work documented in the Duff House Papers around this time includes the building of a new kirk and kirkyard, c.1752 (MS 3175/723), a new kirkyard gate, 1756 (MS 3175/723), a new public house, 1752 (MS 3175/583/3), and Ann Sime’s house next to the river, 1752 (MS 3175/583/3).
The Statistical Account of 1791-1799, records that the parish of Rothiemay had 1125 occupants of which about 100 lived in the Milltown - the population was growing at that time and peaked at 1400 around 1850.
For further details regarding William Duff's improvements to the policies of Rothiemay Castle and the relationship between the Milltown and the Kirktown of Rothiemay, see the Kirkton of Rothiemay Survey Report, linked to this record.
Information from William Reid, May 2011
