Editing Peterculter

{{Short description|Suburb of Aberdeen in Scotland}}
{{Distinguish|Maryculter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
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| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Peterculter
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| gaelic_name                      = 
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| static_image_caption             = Old St Peter's Kirk, Peterculter
| population                       = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Peterculter}}
| population_ref                   = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref>{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref>
| os_grid_reference                = NJ840007
| map_type                         = Scotland
| coordinates                      = {{coord|57.09700|-2.26570|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Aberdeen]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Aberdeen]]
| constituency_westminster         = [[Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen South]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen South and North Kincardine]]
| post_town                        = PETERCULTER
| postcode_district                = AB14
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| dial_code                        = 01224
| website                          = http://www.culter.net/
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'''Peterculter''' {{IPAc-en|audio=Peterculter.ogg|ˌ|p|iː|t|ər|ˈ|k|uː|t|ər}}, also known as '''Culter''', is an outer suburb of [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]], about {{Convert | 8 | mi | 0 | spell = in}} from the city centre.<ref>United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map, Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50000 scale (2004)</ref> It lies on the north bank of the [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|River Dee]], at its confluence with the Culter Burn. Following the [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|1996 Scottish council boundary changes]] it became part of the [[Lower Deeside (ward)|Lower Deeside ward]] in the [[Aberdeen City council area]].

==History==
About {{Convert | 1 | mi | sigfig = 1 | spell = in}} south west of Peterculter is the site of the [[Roman Camp|Roman marching camp]] at [[Normandykes]].

King [[William I of Scotland|William the Lion]] bestowed the church of Kulter, "iuxta Abirdene", upon the [[Kelso Abbey|Abbey]] and monks of St Mary of [[Kelso, Scotland|Kelso]], about 1165–1199. The gift was afterwards confirmed by Mathew, Bishop of Aberdeen, within whose diocese the church sat.

Alan of Soltre, chaplain, who had probably been an ecclesiastic of the [[Soutra Aisle|hospital, or monastery of Soutra]], in [[Lothian]], was presented by the Abbot of Kelso, to the vicarage of the church of Culter, 1239–1240.

In 1287–1288, an agreement was made between the Abbot and Convent of Kelso and the brotherhood of the Knights of Jerusalem, regarding the Templars' lands of Blairs and Kincolsi (Kincousie, now Kincaussie),<ref name=Macfarlane1906>{{cite book|last1=Macfarlane|first1=Walter|editor1-last=Mitchell, K. C. B.|editor1-first=Sir Arthur|title=Geographical Collections Relating to Scotland Vol. 1 in: Publications of the Scottish History Society, Vol. 51|date=April 1906|publisher=Scottish History Society|location=Edinburgh|page=430|edition=1st|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uckxAQAAMAAJ&q=Kincaussie&pg=PP1|access-date=23 July 2015|chapter=Maryculter}}</ref> on the south side of the Dee, by which a chapel, built by the Templars at their house of Culter, was recognised as a church, with parochial rights, for the inhabitants of the said lands. It was this agreement that changed the existing parish of Culter into two separate parishes with two separate names, the other being [[Maryculter]].

==Attractions==
[[File:Rob Roy (Culter).jpg|thumb|Statue of Rob Roy]] 
High up on the steep, rocky bank of the Culter Burn, near the western exit of the town, was a colourful and well-tended kilted wooden figure holding a broadsword and [[targe]], representing [[Robert Roy MacGregor|Rob Roy Macgregor]], who, according to local legend, leapt across the burn at that point to flee pursuing Hanoverian troops (given the width of the stream there, the story - which has its local variants in many parts of Scotland - is unlikely to have much basis in fact). The outlaw [[Gilderoy (Outlaw)|Gilderoy]] is a more likely historical figure for the story. The original statue is thought to have been a modified ship's figurehead. The statue was replaced in 2017 by a resin effigy, wearing ancient Macgregor tartan.

Due to its nearness to Aberdeen City and being only about {{Convert | 30 | mi | sigfig = 1 | spell = in}} from the [[Cairngorm National Park]], Culter is a base for tourists.  In the town itself there are choices of many [[Hiking|local walks]], including its connection to the [[Deeside Way]] at the site of the former [[Culter railway station]], as well as the forest area known locally as "Sandy Hilly", or "The Muggie Widds" (St. Margaret Woods), the entrance to which sits beside the Bucklerburn region.

For sport, there is Peterculter Golf Club and Culter Sports Centre. Each year, on the last Saturday in May, is the Culter Gala, in the main [[playing field]] of the town; this event draws hundreds of local townsfolk.

==Education==
Culter School is a [[primary school]] in Peterculter dating from 1896.<ref>[http://www.culter.net/history/Craigton.htm Early history of Peterculter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928105448/http://www.culter.net/history/Craigton.htm |date=28 September 2007 }}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Alexander Cuming]], explorer
* [[William Duff (writer)|William Duff]], minister and psychologist
* [[Oswald Lumsden]], cricketer
* [[William Lumsden]], cricketer
* [[John Mortimer (cricketer)|John Mortimer]], cricketer
* [[Peter Donald Thomson]], moderator of the Church of Scotland

==See also==
*[[Crathes Castle]]
*[[Drum Castle]]
*[[Maryculter House]]
*[[Muchalls Castle]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.culter.net/ CulterNET community website]
* [http://www.culterkirk.co.uk/ Peterculter Parish Church]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070206202951/http://www.zen39731.zen.co.uk/ Peterculter Golf Club]

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