Belhelvie

Belhelvie (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).