Cambus o' May
The edge of this map sheet shows a building coloured pink with the number 509 superimposed beside a manmade water course. This was probably the mill associated with the Ferry Inn at Cambus o May (see 71624). The minutes of Board Meetings reveal that at the time when the railway was being built the contractor, K. Mathieson, seems to have bought it from the Huntly Estate; at any rate he was reimbursed to the tune of £400(!) by the A&BR Co. It is not clear when but it was evidently converted to a house and later used to accommodate the navvies working nearby. The OS Book of Reference shows that 509 was a 'House and yard' whilst 510 was a 'Garden'. When the line opened the railway company took it over and used it to house one of its Waymen (Platelayer) who paid one Guinea (21/-) per year in rent. This man not only inspected and maintained his section of track; he was also responsible for working the points at the nearby ballast pit siding. Taken from Map sheet Aberdeenshire XCII.2 https://maps.nls.uk/view/74480059
Posted by Charlie Niven and used with permission of the National Library of Scotland see maps.nls.uk/copyright.html
Location: Cambus o' May (former)
Original line: Aboyne and Braemar Railway
Photographer: National Library of Scotland
Contact photographer: National Library of Scotland
Date: 02/03/2021
Image number: 76029
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