Whiterashes Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Whiterashes
Gaelic Name:Achadh Leac
Scots Name:Fiterashes
Static Image:Grain storage depot.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Grain storage depot west of Whiterashes
Os Grid Reference:NJ854235
Coordinates:57.302°N -2.243°W
Map Type:Scotland
Post Town:ABERDEEN
Postcode District:AB21
Postcode Area:AB
Dial Code:01651

Whiterashes is a hamlet in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, lying to the north-west of Newmachar and south-east of Oldmeldrum on the A947 road.

Affleck

Affleck (Gaelic: Achadh Leac, 'field of the slabs') is a rural area of Whiterashes. The name comes from the same origin as Auchinleck. Other villages or farms in the area are, or have been called, North Affleck, South Affleck, Newton or Nether Affleck and a small forest or bush called the Woodside of Affleck.The area of land was first noted in 1255, when it was referred to as Achlek in a document regarding land ownership between the Bishop and Church of Aberdeen and Arbroath Abbey."Liber S. Thome De Aberbrothoc; Registrorum Abbacie De Aberbrothoc. (Edited by Cosmo Innes and Patrick Chalmers)"

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