. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. 2were Gaelic-speaking.—Orel. Sur., shs. 72, 82, , a village with a public school, in Dykeand Moy parish Elginshire, 4 miles WXW of Forres,under which it has a post See Kixtulloch. Kintore, a small town and a parish of central Aber-deensh-je. The town, standing 165 feet above sea-level, near the right bank ofthe Don, has a stationon the Great JTorth ofScotland railway, 16milesEofAlford, 3SSEof Inverurie, and Id^NW of Aberdeen. Itranks as a royal burgh
. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. 2were Gaelic-speaking.—Orel. Sur., shs. 72, 82, , a village with a public school, in Dykeand Moy parish Elginshire, 4 miles WXW of Forres,under which it has a post See Kixtulloch. Kintore, a small town and a parish of central Aber-deensh-je. The town, standing 165 feet above sea-level, near the right bank ofthe Don, has a stationon the Great JTorth ofScotland railway, 16milesEofAlford, 3SSEof Inverurie, and Id^NW of Aberdeen. Itranks as a royal burghunder charter of Williamthe ^Lyon, but in sizeis no more than amere village, consistingchiefly of one well-builtstreet, with several verygood shops. At it area post office, with moneyorder, savings bank,and railway telegraplidepartments, a branchof the North of Scot-land bank, a NationalSecurity savings bank(1837), 4 insuranceagencies, 2 hotels, aplain town hall (1740), a parish church (1819 ; 700sittings), a Free church, and a horticultural town has given the title of Earl in the peerage of. Seal of Kintore. KINTYRE Scotland since 1677, and of Baron in the peerage of theUnited Kingdom since 1838, to the family of Keith-Falconer, wliose seats are Keithhall in Aberdeenshireand Inglismaldie in Kincardineshire. The burgh isgoverned by a provost, 2 bailies, a dean of guild, atreasurer, and 9 councillors ; and it unites with Elgin,Inverurie, Peterhead, Bantf, and CuUen in sending amember to parliament. The parliamentary constituencynumbered 89 in 1883, when the annual value of realproperty amounted to £2612. Pop. (1821) 312, (1841)462, (1861) 568, (1871) 659, (1881) 661. Houses (1881)113 inhabited, 3 vacant. The parish, containing also the Port Elphinstonesuburb of Inverurie burgh, comprises the ancient parishof Kintore and part of that of Kinkell. It is boundedN by Inverurie, E by Keithhall and Fiutray, SE byKinnellar, S by Skene, and W by Kemnay. Its utmostlength, f
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