Early urbanism | 1700s

Oldmeldrum detail from Taylor and Skinner’s 1776 survey map showing the main road from Aberdeen to Banff.

Early 18th Century

— James Meldrum, town counsellor [councillor], and David Meldrum, merchant, were leaders of the Burgh of Dumferling who signed a 1707 petition for the Independence of Scotland. Source: Daniel Defoe, 1712, appendix p. 29.]