A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Port-Elphinstone, a southern suburb of Inverurie, in Kintore parish, Aberdeenshire, on the right bank of the river Don. It took its name, and during 1807-54 derived its importance, from being situated at the NW end of the quondam Aberdeen Canal; it now contains an extensive goods station of the Great North of Scotland railway, and is still a convenient centre of trade; and it has a post office under Inverurie, extensive grain mills, paper-mills, two saw-mills, a brewery, a nursery, a public school, and a public library. Pop. (1861) 421, (1871) 435, (1881) 473, of whom 356 were within Inverurie burgh.—Ord. Sur., sh. 76, 1874.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a southern suburb of Inverurie" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kintore ScoP Aberdeenshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Port Elphinstone |
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