About the town » Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland, Great Britain

Old Aberdeen is part of the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. Old Aberdeen was originally a separate burgh, which was erected into a burgh of barony on 26 December 1489. It was incorporated into adjacent Aberdeen by Act of Parliament in 1891. It retains the status of a community council area. The town's motto is "concordia res parvae crescunt" ("through harmony, small things increase").