I first visited the ruin of Crawford Priory in May 2004 with my 7 year old son Andrew on the way to a picnic in St Andrews.
I was interested in Crawford Priory as one of my Deeside forebears, James Gordon, had left the remote Aberdeenshire glen of his birth, to become a gardener at Crawford Priory. His family story is tragic. I never did manage to find out what happened to his boy that survived.
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- James Gordon from The Camlet, Gardener at Crawford Priory
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- The children of Joseph Gordon of The Camlet, Girnoc, Deeside, Aberdeenshire
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- Joseph Gordon’s Incredible Bairns
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- Crawford Priory on 1st edition OS map
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- Crawford Priory ruin, May 2004
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- Crawford Priory ruin, May 2004
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- Crawford Priory ruin, May 2004
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- Crawford Priory ruin, May 2004
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- Crawford Priory, aerial view
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- Fire at Crawford Priory, June 1921
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- Crawford Priory as it was
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- Crawford Priory as it was
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- There are a few tomstones at Crawford Priory, this is noe
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- Crawford Priory as it was
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- Crawford Priory as it was
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- Crawford Priory then and now
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- Crawford Priory portico, May 2004
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- The Gordons of Deeside. James Gordon came to Crawford Priory
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- Crawford Priory as it was
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- Crawford Priory as it was
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- Crawford Priory, May 2004
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- James Gordon, Gardener at Crawford Priory before leaving for South Africa with his young family
