Volume contents
- 1 - Peterhead Town , Page 1 (start)
- 1A - Peterhead Town , loose page
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- 107 - Peterhead Town , Title Page
- 108 - Peterhead Town , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETERHEAD [town] | Town of Peterhead Town of Peterhead Town of Peterhead Town of Peterhead Town of Peterhead |
Rev. [Reverend] Charles Stewart Rev. [Reverend] Alexander Keith Buchan Directory Statistical Account Collections of the Shires |
023 | The Town of Peterhead stands upon a peninsula or headland projecting into the German Ocean, and forming the most easterly point of land in Scotland. It was erected into a burgh of Barony by George Earl Marischall in 1593. It continued a part of the estates of the Earls Marischall until the attainder of the last Earl in consequence of his accession to the Rebellion in 1715. It was then purchased by the York Buildings Company, who sold it to the present proprietors, the Governors of the Maiden Hospital Edinburgh. The municipal government is vested in twelve councillors, who from their own number, Choose a provost, three bailies, & a treasurer. Peterhead possesses many advantages in a maritime point of view, of which it has largely availed itself. It has for many years sent more vessels to the Greenland and Davis' Straits seal and whale fishing than any other town in Great Britain. The herring fishing is also prosecuted here with great spirit. The town is built of red granite, said to be similar, in Colour and texture to the Egyptian syenite, being composed of quartz, short, and felt spar. It is a Parliamentary Borough and has a population of about 9,000 souls. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Town of Peterhead
Note: Parliamentary & Royal Burghs are Co. extensions for note attached. JMD [James McDonald Royal Engineers] 1 May 1869
[page signed] C. McLachlan
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 73 - Town of Peterhead, OS1/1/73
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the town of Peterhead.
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Aberdeen, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.