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PORT ELPHINSTONE Port Elphinstone
Port Elphinstone
Port Elphinstone
Port Elphinstone
Port Elphinstone
Port - Elphinstone
Port - Elphinstone
Estate Plan 1859
Thomas Tait Esq.
Estate Map, dated 1845.
New Statistical Account.
Valuation Roll 1859-60.
Fullarton's Gazetteer, 2nd edition.
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857
054 A modern village situated in the north End of the Parish of Kintore, and within the Parlimentary Burgh boundary of Inverury. The houses are all feued the first being built on the opening of the Aberdeen Canal, which, terminated here.There is but one named street. The greater part of the village being built on either sides of the Toll Road which passes through from Aberdeen to Inverury and the north. There is a subscription school for the accommodation of the children residing in the village and its neighbourhood, and a post office. A branch of the Great North of Scotland Railways diverts of the through line near the Railway Bridge across the River Don, for the accommodation of the extensive Corn and flour mill, and the Brewery. around the village, especially, on the hill side facing the Don, are a few handsome Cottages, Some have names others not distinguished by any. Pineshaw Nursery including some acres has effected a great improvement in the hill top west of the village which is annually increasing both in size and general business.

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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore

[Note] Called after James D. H. Elphinstone a promoter of the Canal. JMD

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