Glenbuchat Heritage

71 Sale of Heughhead Inn 1985

From the Aberdeenshire OS Name Books, 1865-1871

MARKET STANCE [Semeil]
A small tract of Heathy pasture used as a Market Stance for John's Fair, a fair held once a year, for the sale of Cattle & sheep.
Authorities for spelling
Mr John Scott Semeil
Mr John Tom Heugh-head
Mr James MacHardy Heugh-head

From the 1845 Statistical account of Strathdon

Fairs.—-There are five fairs or markets held in the parish during the summer. The principal one is John's Fair, for cattle, sheep, and horses. Three are small cattle markets, and the remaining one, Andermas Fair, at the end of harvest, for the sale of meal, fodder, &c.

From Folk Tradition and Folk Medicine in Scotland: by Dr David Rorie

and, the biggest of all, " John's Fair " held at Heugh-head in the month of August, in honour of which we always had a school holiday. For a local fair it was a large one, attended by many people from the low country as well as from the glens, with numerous cattle and sheep and not a few horses for sale.