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After
the ice age the Picts came and stayed in Grange until they were ousted
by the Scots in 843 AD. At the end of the 9th century the Danes
invaded. There is some evidence of Roman occupation in the first
century, for example a Roman camp large enough for 10,000 men at
Muiryfold.
In 1196 the barony of the lands between Knock and the Balloch was granted to the Monks of Kinloss and they stayed powerful until 1745, even though their land was divided up into small lairdships during the reformation of 1534. Alexander Duff of Braco, an ancestor of the Duke and Earls of Fife eventually acquired four-fifths of Grange, with the remaining fifth being Edingight, owned by the Innes family. |
| In October 1856 the Huntly
to Keith railway was opened with Grange Station being at Garrowood.
The station was closed as part of the Beeching reforms in 1968 and only
the platform's edge remains..
Linen yarn and wool was once produced in Grange, but the quality of these products was unsuitable for modern machinery when industrialisation came in. There was also a lime quarry in Grange, but this stopped production in the 1960s. |
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In the past there were
three schools in Grange, of which only Crossroads remains, and there
were also three Churches of which only one, St Ninians, remains.
The King Memorial Hall, was built in 1925 with funds donated by David King, a native of the Parish who made his fortune in Brighton, England. It is still well used today for the many clubs and activities which take place in Grange. |