Tarves Heritage Project

Tarves Heritage Project Tarves Heritage Project aims to tell the story about the people from Tarves Village, Barthol Chapel and the surrounding farms and hamlets.

From before 1000AD up to the present day. Opening times are Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 1-4.00pm

We had a lovely visit from the members of Udny Community Trust Company Ltd this morning. We hope you enjoyed your visit....
25/06/2026

We had a lovely visit from the members of Udny Community Trust Company Ltd this morning. We hope you enjoyed your visit. We enjoyed having you. One gentleman spoke about having to hand back his school bike aged 15. He was given a bike due to the distance from his home in Ardallie to his nearest secondary school. Does anyone else remember being given a bike by the school/ council?

For those of you who enjoy fiddle music from different countries this might be of interest to you. For details of concer...
23/06/2026

For those of you who enjoy fiddle music from different countries this might be of interest to you. For details of concerts etc go to www.northatlanticfiddle.com

Thank you to everyone who took the time to answer our quiz all about our lovely village. Hopefully you found out some in...
22/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who took the time to answer our quiz all about our lovely village. Hopefully you found out some interesting facts! We will have more for you in the coming weeks. Here's the answer to yesterday's question: B) the site of the current sewage works.
Before a modern sewage system was established, there was a settlement system on the site. Slow moving 'water' meandered slowly back and forth, allowing solids to drop as sediment and become sludge. The broad banks of earth that contained the channel and separated the flowing loops were used as allotments, and as most of the early villagers lived around the church and Kirk Brae, their allotments needed to be close by.

This is the last of our questions for the moment. More will follow later, but we must say a huge 'thank you' to our Vice...
21/06/2026

This is the last of our questions for the moment. More will follow later, but we must say a huge 'thank you' to our Vice Chair, Lindsay Mathewson, for compiling the questions and researching the answers!
So here's today's question:
Where were the allotments for villagers in the past?
A) the current site of Tarves Football pitch
B) The current site of the sewage works
C) The current site of the bowling green.

The answer to yesterday's question will no doubt be a shock to some... The answer was C). Cold enough to curl. In the pa...
21/06/2026

The answer to yesterday's question will no doubt be a shock to some... The answer was C). Cold enough to curl. In the past, there was a different arrangement at the top of the 'Prop of Ythsie': there was trapdoor access from the top of the circular stairway to the platform; there were no railings between the crenelations, and there was a flagpole reaching up above the current structure. The tower on its hill is highly visible over much of the Haddo estate, and a flag flying in the wintertime indicated that it was cold enough to have ice for curling at the purpose-built rink, near the stream close to Mains of Haddo. The clue may be in the name as Ythsie is pronounced 'Icy'.

Here's today's question to get the brain cells working...What did a flag flying from the flagpole on the top of the Prop...
20/06/2026

Here's today's question to get the brain cells working...
What did a flag flying from the flagpole on the top of the Prop of Ythsie indicate in the past?
A) the Laird was in residence at Haddo House
B) it was a dry sunny day for the Sunday school picnic
C) cold weather with ice good enough for curling

Yesterday's answer was B) knitting socks and this explains why: Tarves was famous for stocking knitting. Agents for merc...
20/06/2026

Yesterday's answer was B) knitting socks and this explains why: Tarves was famous for stocking knitting. Agents for merchants would supply wool and knitters would be paid for the finished product. There was little time for people to be idle in the past and knitting stockings had three great advantages: socks could be made on the move, and men and women were known to have knitted whilst walking from place to place, even whilst droving cattle; needles, yarn and finished product were light and easily portable; for a skilled knitter, it was a job that could be done in the evening even in the dim light of a fire.

We started off with an easy one yesterday. The answer was C) Tolquhon Castle is the oldest building in the parish, in pa...
19/06/2026

We started off with an easy one yesterday. The answer was C) Tolquhon Castle is the oldest building in the parish, in particular the Preston Tower to the left of the gate house, owned by Sir Henry Preston from about 1390. The tower may date from the early 1400s.
Here's today's one (a little bit more tricky)!
What was the common activity in Tarves, to earn extra money in the 1700s-1800s?
A) Poaching
B) knitted stockings
C) illegal distilling

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