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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MACDUFF | Macduff Macduff Macduff Macduff |
Statistical accounts (old and new) Fullartons Gazetteer Estate Plan 1838 Black's Map of Scotland |
005.09 | A Considerable Seaport, post-town and Royal burgh Situated on the North-east Side of the River Deveron about 1½ Miles from Banff. It was erected into a Royal burgh in the Year 1783 through the influence of James Earl of Fife. Macduff is included in the Parliamentary boundaries of Banff burgh and previous to its erection into a Royal burgh was called Down Macduff has a town house a Quoad Sacra Church, a Free Church, Several Schools a public library and News Room and Offices of the Union bank and North of Scotland bank.The chief exports are grain, |
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[Page] 5Parish of Gamrie - Co [County] Banff
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