Ordiquish Parish of Bellie.
My grandparents, Robert (Bob) and Margaret (Maggie) Urquhart, moved from the Braes of Enzie, parish of Rathven, to Ordiquish, parish of Bellie, probably in 1941. However, their tenanted croft at Ordiquish was soon to be taken over by one of their sons, John Urquhart. John was a cattleman at Gordon Castle Farm. He also helped out on his parents' croft. Following the death of his father, in 1942, John took over the running of the croft.....
The farm at Enzie was called Tarrymount. In April 1941, a bomb landed and exploded on the farmland. A cousin of mine (who, I think, lived at Gordon Castle where her father was employed), remembered 'souveniring ' a piece of shrapnel ...
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