Police

The first mention of a constable appears in 1871; the location of his office is not clear, but may have been somewhere near the hotel. A police station is mentioned in 1896/7 without position.

Pollyannas

Post Offices

In 1855/6 James Gordon postmaster appears with a sub post office of Grantown located ‘in a small house near Duack bridge’ – from early OS maps it appears to be on the site of Kimberly.

Prisoner of War Camps

German soldiers were remembered by some locals as being 'blonde and very handsome'. They were often put to work in the sawmills for the war effort, with only a minimal guard - an existence that was regarded as being relatively peaceful.

Ptarmigan Lodge

Puggy Line

The 'Puggy Line' is another name for a 'narrow guage' railway line. Puggy is the name given to the small steam engines on this type of railway.

Railways

Forres and Craigellachie lines were opened soon after each other in early 1860s; at first the latter station was the terminus and so had a turntable for the engine but a few years later the link line to Boat of Garten was built.

Reachgamish

Red Burn

Redcorrie

Redwood

Reoake

Rinuie

Ripreshree

Rivendell

River Cottage

River Nethy

Rises on the Saddle above Loch Avon and after some miles falls in to the Spey near Broomhill, much used for floating timber, bed much changed by the floods of 1768, 1799 and 1829.

Riverside Walk

Trail No 2 for Explore Abernethy Footpaths All-abilities trail suitable for assisted wheelchairs (bit steep in places for solo).

Rosella

Rosewood

Rothiemoon Farm

Rowan Lodge

Rowcliff

Ruinaclouch

Ruipreshree

Runaline

Runeloche

Ryduack

Rymore

Rynelricheast

Rynelrichwest

Rynettin

Salamat Datang

Sandaig

1940

Old house built by 1940. Extended and rebuilt in 19??

Seafield Place

Serendipity

Shepherds Hill

Shops

In early days people were largely self-supporting but gradually specialist tradesmen became more common.  Millers ran meal and saw mills, shoemakers were always required (and in 1871 there was a master shoemaker employing two men), carpenters and blacksmiths were also common and in 1861 there were several workers in the iron mill.

Silver Birch

Sleamore Farm

Sleich

Sonas

Spar Store & Post Office

Has been in various locations including Nethy House in 1900s. Now situated in Nethy Bridge Stores. Previous Post Masters Jim & Marion Rogerson 198? ñ 199? Andy & Kate Young 199?.

Speyside Way

The Speyside way is a designated long distance route linking Buckie on the Moray Coast to Aviemore in Strathspey. There is also a 15 mile spur to Tomintoul. The Speyside way passes through Nethy Bridge. It is 65 miles long.

Stables Cottage

Station Cottage

At one point the building was used for railway workers to sleep in. At some point, it was divided into two with a three sided chimney, providing a double fireplace. This then became the ticket office and waiting room on one side and the station master's home in the other half. When the new railway station was built next door, now Nethy Station bunkhouse, two families moved in. On one side lived Mr and Mrs Watt with Hilda their daughter, and on the platform side lived Alec Grant, a writer and his wife. Mrs Grant was the Highland Dancing teacher and she taught her dancing in the room adjoining the platform end. Young Hilda learnt with her and grew up to be the founder of the Hilda Thomson School providing many a young dancer for the local Highland Games, etc. Hilda's husband Jimmy was a special constable for many years. Kimberley was also built by Jimmy and Hilda Thomson who moved onto the Easter Cullachie Steading.

Station House

Straanlea

Straanmannach

Straanmore

Bought as a derelict croft house in 1962 and rebuilt for self-catering by 1964. Modern house called after croft of 6 acres near the site.

Stronvar

Sunningdale

Sunnyside

Taigh a Mhuillin

Taigh an Uillt

Taigh na Brolaich

Talisker

Te Roti

Telford’s Bridges

The focus of the later village was certainly the bridge but the exact location of earlier bridges (or fords) is uncertain as the course of the river changed considerably in floods of 1768, 1799 and the great flood of 1829.

Tennis Courts

Before WW2 there were two red blaize courts; in the 1970s James Fraser and some of his school friends cleared trees and weeds; the village raised money and with grants from Sports council and County council laid 2 all weather tarmac courts and built changing rooms; present courts laid in 1990s.

The Corner

Once called Bynack Cottage: Apparently a house on the site in 1871

The Grey House

Build for Cromelin Brown family first occupied in 1915. Mike & Celia Bloomfield 19??

The Hanging Tree

One of several around the village. The tree at Lynstock was cut down in the late 1990ís

The Steading

The Witches Stone

Thieves Pass

An old caterans road also known as the Thieves Road & Rathad nam Meirleach.

Thompsons Brae

Thrums Cottage

Dr Barclay, based in Grantown and not resident.  Mr. Neil Baxter

Tigh Beag

Tigh na Drochaid

Mr. McAndrew Tailor. Lived at the Causer. His wife ran a small sweet shop there. After Boots bought his previous shop, Mr. McAndrew moved his tailoring there. Mr. McAndrew was disabled and got around using a wheelchair or a tricycle. Due to his disability, the tricycle was propelled by hand cranks instead of foot pedals. He apparently regularly went up and down Balnagowan Brae on it!

Tigh na Fraoch

David Johnston who traded as Pollyanna's Tea Room

Tigh na Monadh

Tigh na Tor

Tigh na Torr

Tigh nan Og

Andy and Kate Young are the proprietors of the shop/post office and house next door (Rosella House). Tigh Nan Og was built to house Andy's mother, Roseanna Young to allow her to live beside her family.

Tighnabruich

Timber Floating Dams

Locations in Abernethy Forest in 1858 'Big Dam', NJ018139 (SE of Rynettin) Funalt Dam, NJ003192 (West of Dell Lodge) Duack Dam, NH998165 (Between Loch Garten and Forest Lodge) Faesheallach Dam, NJ037165 (Loch an Spioraid, South of Lurg) Cromault Dam, NJ036136 (SE of Loch a' Chnuic) Garrochir Dam, NJ012111 (Loch a' Garbh-coire, SE of Ryvoan Bothy) (Grid references relate to the approximate centre of the body of water) References derived from map in Grant 1994, using Ordnance Survey Landranger map 36. Other dams were constructed throughout Strathspey forests.

Timber Sawmills

An account of the dealings of the York Buildings Company harvesting operations during the 18th Century in Abernethy parish: 1679 York Buildings Company (YBC) founded 'for the purpose of raising the Thames water for the supply of London' (Forsyth 1897).

Timberland

Tir-nan-Og

The house was built on the site of an old wooden bothy-type dwelling

Tit nan Og

Toberaie

Toddy Beag

Toderic

Toft

Tombuidhe

Tomdallie

Tontearie

Charles Stuart, (m. Isabella Cameron) was a farmer of Tontearie, died before 1855. It was then farmed by son Paul Stuart, b. 30 Nov 1842. When Paul gave up Tontearie it was taken over by his son in law, James Cameron, who married Pauls daughter Catherine.

Torniscar

Torsithe

Tron Mills / Furnaces

Tulloch Talk

About Marina Dennis My family have lived on a croft in Tulloch since being cleared from the Braes of Castle Grant in 1809. I am an active crofter both at a practical and strategic level having been a Commissioner at the Crofters Commission for 10 years as well as involvement in other land based agencies. Like most crofters I have other jobs which include running a very successful self catering business on my croft which gives me the opportunity to tell visitors about the history and culture of Tulloch.

Village History

The following text kindly provided by Dr Jean Munro & Elizabeth Fleming (2008). Writing in 1899 Dr Forsyth said that the last 30 years had seen a decrease in population in the parish "which would have been even greater but for the rise of the village of Nethy Bridge".

Waterside

Willie Steele‚Sawmill

Mr. Steele used to make kindling at this sawmill, which was sold locally.

Woodlands

Woodlark

Woodside

World War Timber Camps

Soldiers of the Canadian Forestry Corps (Army), Newfoundland Navy soldiers ('Newfies'), Lapp and Finnish soldiers (?Finnish sailors - see below from Frank Large).