| Late 16th Century | Cairnbulg & Inverallochy villages in existence |
| 1696 | Poll of Aberdeenshire Cairnbulg had 5 + 12 fishermen |
| 1696 | Seatoun of Inverallochy contained 19 fishermen |
| 1792 | Cairnbulg and Inverallochy have 6 to 7 boats each manned by 6 fishermen ( approx 78 men in total) |
| 1795 | Seatoun of Rattray (Botany) village completed - approx 10 houses - partly populated by Buchans and Cows from Boatlea |
| Early 1800's | Number of public houses in both villages which was main means of relaxation. |
| 1832 | Cholera … deaths unknown |
| 1833 | Cholera … deaths unknown |
| Late 1830s | Burnhaven founded by George Mundie of Meethill. |
| Late 1830s | 6 or 7 families move from Botany to the new village of Burnhaven. |
| 1840 | Burnhaven has 23 houses and 6 more contracted for. |
| 1841 | No fishers in Botany |
| 1841 | 28 fishermen reside in Burnhaven, manning 7 herring boats which belonged to the village.6 or 7 families were from Botany but the bulk of the incomers came from Inverallochy and Cairnbulg along with a handful od Ct Combs and Charlestown people. |
| Early 1840's | 3 Cairnbulg Fishermen and a Charlestown move to Bottany to comprise the crews of 2 small yoles. |
| 1849 | Main Chollera epidemic - over 50 people from Cairnbulg and Inverallochy died and were interred in the strangers ground of St Combs Churchard. |
| 1855 | Burnhaven had a fleet of 8 herring boats and 16 smaller boats and yoles. |
| 1866 | Cholera … deaths unknown |
| 1871 | 63 families inhabiting 57 houses in Burnhaven |
| 1881 | Burnhaven had 74 fishermen (60 families) - 4 houses wer uninhabited - past its peak as fishermen started to move to Peterhead. |
| 1882 | Burnhaven has 18 herring boats, 11 intermediate sized small-line boats, 23 small yoles. |
| 1886 | Burnhaven herring fleet half of what it was in 1882, manned by only 36 fishermen. |
| 1894 | Burnhaven had only 5 Fisherman left. |
| 1904-5 | Fishing to this date in Burnhaven by a few older fishermen in small yoles until all fishing ceased. |
| Turn of Century | Voted the parish dry |
| End of Century | Villagers of Cairnbulg and Inverallochy could not decide on where to site a much needed harbour, Cairnbulg wanted Westhaven and Inverallochy wanted Whitelink. |
| 1920s | Cairnbulg build their own pier. |
| First half century | Last members of few families in Botany died off leaving village to fall in to ruin. |