In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Cookney like this:
Cookney, a quoad sacra parish in Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire, 5½ miles N by W of its post-town Stonehaven, and 2½ WNW of Muchalls station. Its church was built about 1817 as a chapel of ease, and contains 700 sittings; and a public school, with accommodation for 99 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 70 and a grant of £39,9s. The parish is in the presbytery of Fordun and synod of Angus and Mearns; its minister's stipend is £120. Pop. (1861) 1952, (1871) 2080, (1881) 1976.—Ord. Sur., sh. 67,1871.
Cookney through time
Cookney is now part of Aberdeenshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Aberdeenshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cookney itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cookney, in Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22053
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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