Cromdale

Coordinates: 57°20′12″N 3°32′24″W / 57.33668°N 3.53993°W / 57.33668; -3.53993
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For the neighbourhood in the Canadian city of Edmonton, see Cromdale, Edmonton.

Cromdale
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cromdhail
Cromdale is located in Badenoch and Strathspey
Cromdale
Cromdale
Location within the Badenoch and Strathspey area
OS grid referenceNJ074284
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGRANTOWN-ON-SPEY
Postcode districtPH26
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57°20′12″N 3°32′24″W / 57.33668°N 3.53993°W / 57.33668; -3.53993

Cromdale (

Scottish Gaelic: Cromdhail, from crom 'crooked' and dal 'valley, dale')[1] is a village in Strathspey, in the Highland council area of Scotland, and one of the ancient parishes which formed the combined ecclesiastical (later civil) parish of Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie
in Morayshire.

The present small, growing village of Cromdale lies on either side of where the

burn with the River Spey
.

An old cheese press built into a wall opposite the Cromdale Outdoor Education Centre.

The village was within

Morayshire
as its official postal address for many years after the change in local government boundaries.

The parish church and cemetery are located beside the River Spey at the end of Kirk Road beside the bridge which is the latest of three which replaced the nearby ferry. The bridge was financed by local residents, having been obtained as a War Surplus item from the War Office and erected in 1922 at a cost of £6,889.[3] The remains of an older bridge can be seen a short distance upstream; this (much lighter) bridge was swept away in 1894, the 1922 bridge replaced one that collapsed in 1921.[4]

About halfway along Kirk Road is Cromdale railway station, which closed in the 1960s but survives in private hands along with some preserved railway paraphernalia. It lies on the route of the now closed Great North of Scotland Railway line from Boat of Garten to Craigellachie.

To the south of Cromdale is

Balmenach Distillery
, which was served by a branch line running from Cromdale station that passed under the main road alongside Cromdale Burn. This distillery has had a chequered history in recent years but is again in production.

The old school had become the Cromdale Outdoor Education Centre and stands opposite the Haugh Hotel.

The Battle of Cromdale took place in 1690 on the Haughs of Cromdale, about 2 miles (3 km) east of the village.

The village is within the Cairngorms National Park.

Football

Cromdale has two teams, Spey Valley United, who compete in the

Strathspey & Badenoch Welfare FA
league. Both clubs use Cromdale's public football ground for all home matches.

Place name in historical records

Censuses

In various census and derived records,[

Grantown
). Advie was always enumerated with Cromdale, requiring the relevant parish to be identified from the address or description.

Birth, marriage and death registrations

In 1855, a single registration district named "Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie" included all the combined parishes. From 1856 to 1965, the local registration district was "Cromdale and Advie". From 1966, Cromdale was inside the "Grantown on Spey" registration district. Record indexes maintained by the

LDS church
and other third parties have failed to distinguish the 1856 separation of records in their indexes, thus their descriptions of the registration districts do not match the official descriptions.

References

  1. ^ Celtic Place Names of Scotland-Watson
  2. grid reference for the bridge: NJ074284
  3. ^ Strathspey Herald, 19 Jan 1922 and 9 Feb 1922
  4. ^ Strathspey Herald, 19 Jan 1922
  • Media related to Cromdale at Wikimedia Commons
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