Old Meldrum

Oldmeldrum (commonly known as Meldrum) is a village and parish in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, not far from Inverurie in North East Scotland. With a population of around 2,187, Oldmeldrum falls within Scotland's top 300 centres of population. Oldmeldrum is home to one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland, Glen Garioch, which was built in 1797. Local industries are agriculture and engineering services connected to the oil industry in Aberdeen.
The imposing Town Hall was designed by William
Smith and built in 1877, replacing the older Tolbooth. The
damaged coat of arms are still colourful and the town’s motto is
‘Mean, speak and doe well’. 

To rear of Town Hall see Morris’s Hotel which is the oldest inn in Meldrum, opened in
1673

Another landmark in Old Meldrum is "The Mannie". view photo a Sailor Boy Statue clad in 19th Century French sailor period costume standing outside the Meldrum Arms Hotel, sculpted from Portland Stone. It originally stood outside a postman’s house in Craigievar until 1938 and was previously in Southern England possibly commissioned by a widow of a drowned sailor.