Old Aberdeen History in Photos & Film

Things I never noticed in Aberdeen… until this year. I’ve lived here my whole life, walked these streets countless times and yet this year Aberdeen completely caught me out. The more I slowed down and started really looking, the more I realised how much history, symbolism and quiet detail is hiding in plain sight. From the hanging stones at the top of Marischal Street, to the Langstane on Langstane Place and the Langstane of Hilton, reminders of old boundaries and forgotten markers. From the tra

I actively look for hidden history in Aberdeen… and I still missed this. These cobbles are part of Huxter Row, a long-lost Aberdeen street that existed here before Union Street was even built. First recorded in 1440, Huxter Row began life as Boothraw a street of rented trading booths and later became a busy hub of everyday city life. Tailors, printers, shoemakers, grocers and taverns once lined this street. It sat close to the old Town House and was part of a lively, working Aberdeen, full of pe