Papers of John Alexander Henderson(fl 1890 - 1928), antiquary, Aberdeen

GB 231 2034 - 2041 Collection of notes and extracts relating to history and topography of Aberdeenshire, compiled by John Alexander Henderson (fl 1890 - 1928). The papers are un-dated, but appear to relate to his local history researches and publications of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. They comprise notes and extracts relating to history and topography of Aberdeenshire (general) (GB 231 MS 2034); copies of curious epitaphs on tombstones in churchyards throughout Great Britain (GB 231 MS 2035); notes on Leochel-Cushnie antiquities (GB 231 MS 2036); transcript, with corrections and additions, of paper entitled Points in Aberdeen history from a newspaper file, 1747 - 1800. Value of the Aberdeen Journal (GB 231 MS 2037); notes of sasines concerning Mowats of Balquholly, Keiths, Leiths, Cummings of Culter, and Irvings, c 1600 - 1630, compiled for John Alexander Henderson, by M. Rose, ? of London (GB 231 MS 2038); notes on Alford antiquities (GB 231 MS 2039); notes on Brux estate, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire (GB 231 MS 2040); and collection of extracts from Kirk Session Registers, Maryculter, Aberdeenshire, 1719-1812 (GB 231 MS 2041)

GB 231 MS 2261 - 2262 Further small collection of John Alexander Henderson's (fl 1890 - 1928) local history research papers, late 19th c - early 20th c. The papers include transcript of register of marriages, St Nicholas Church, Aberdeen, 1695 - 1759 (GB 231 MS 2261); and collection of extracts and notes on Deeside (Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire), compiled 1896 - 1909 (GB 231 MS 2262)

John Alexander Henderson (fl 1890 - 1928), antiquary, sometime editor of Scottish Notes and Queries, was the author of History of the Parish of Banchory-Devenick, illustrated by William Taylor, (Aberdeen: Wyllie, 1890); Annals of Lower Deeside: being a Topographical, Proprietary, Ecclesiastical, and Antiquarian History of Durris, Drumoak, and Culter (Aberdeen: Wyllie, 1892); Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions, with Historical, Biographical, Genealogical, and Antiquarian Notes (Aberdeen: Aberdeen Daily Journal, 1907); and Twenty-one Aberdeen Events of the Nineteenth Century (Aberdeen: Aberdeen Daily Journal, 1912), re-printed as 21 Stories of Auld Aberdeen (Newtongrange: Lang Syne Publishing, 1985).

An active member of the New Spalding Club (1868 - 1928), and editor of History of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen (Aberdeen: New Spalding Club, 1912), he played a significant role in the Club's revival after the death of its secretary, P.J. Anderson in 1926, and in the formation of the Third Spalding Club in 1928. For further details see W. Douglas Simpson, The Three Spalding Clubs: a Century in Retrospect, in Third Spalding Club Miscellany, vol. 2 (Aberdeen: Third Spalding Club, 1940), pp. xiii-xxxii.

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MS 2034-41: date and source not recorded. Probably deposited in Apr 1940; MS 2034-41: date and source not recorded. Probably deposited in Apr 1940; MS 2261-62: date and source not recorded. Probably also deposited in Apr 1940.

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Records of the New Spalding Club. A separate collection level description is available on the Archives Hub.

Records of the Third Spalding Club. A separate collection level description is available on the Archives Hub

Notes on Leochel-Cushnie Church and churchyard, compiled by W. Tawse, Aberdeen, from articles in Scottish Notes and Queries (containing many references to Patrick Copland) (GB 231 MS 2032)

The material in this collection appears to be broadly related to Henderson's local history publications (see Administrative History for bibliographical details). Further details may be established during more detailed listing of the papers

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