This is a comprehensive history of the parish of Skene published in April 2012 by Leopard Press. It includes the following chapters:
1. The landscape and its prehistory
2. Skene: the early history
3. Skene in troubled times
4. Skene and Easter Skene from the Restoration untl the end of the 18th century
5. The break up of Easter Skene and the condition of the parish at the end of the 18th century
6. The new estates and some of their owners
7. The parish church of Skene
8. The dissenting churches
9. Education in the parish
10. Poverty and medicine in the parish
11.Aspects of rural life in the 19th century
12. Established Church versus Free Church: parish politics and John Bruce of the Fornet
13. Roads and transport
14. Skene House and estate
15. The Kirktoun of Skene and other communities
16. Aspects of rural life in the first half of the 20th century
17. Skene in two world wars
18. Some Skene worthies and some perhaps not so worthy!
19 The new Westhill and the era of oil
The book is 374 pages long including an appendix on place-names and an index. It has over 130 illustrations and maps. Copies costing £17.50 are available from the author, members of Skene Heritage and bookshops. Mail order copies are only available from Leopard Magazine at http://www.leopardmag.co.uk/
1. The landscape and its prehistory
2. Skene: the early history
3. Skene in troubled times
4. Skene and Easter Skene from the Restoration untl the end of the 18th century
5. The break up of Easter Skene and the condition of the parish at the end of the 18th century
6. The new estates and some of their owners
7. The parish church of Skene
8. The dissenting churches
9. Education in the parish
10. Poverty and medicine in the parish
11.Aspects of rural life in the 19th century
12. Established Church versus Free Church: parish politics and John Bruce of the Fornet
13. Roads and transport
14. Skene House and estate
15. The Kirktoun of Skene and other communities
16. Aspects of rural life in the first half of the 20th century
17. Skene in two world wars
18. Some Skene worthies and some perhaps not so worthy!
19 The new Westhill and the era of oil
The book is 374 pages long including an appendix on place-names and an index. It has over 130 illustrations and maps. Copies costing £17.50 are available from the author, members of Skene Heritage and bookshops. Mail order copies are only available from Leopard Magazine at http://www.leopardmag.co.uk/
| Newsletter No. 22 December 2012 |
| Newsletter No. 21 January 2012 |
