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| Cullen | Continued | [continued from page 16] the privileges of royalty previous to the time of Robert 1, and that the act of that sovereign was but a confirmation or ratification of burghal privileges, conferred previously either by William the Lion, or, according to tradition, by Malcolm Canmore. Similar to Banff, it was at one time a constabulary of which the Earl of Findlater was hereditary constable, by virtue of an ancient right. He ultimately became hereditary chief magistrate, with the title of Preses. By the Burgh Reform Act of 1833, the number and order of the council are the same as under the old constitution, with this exception, that the office of chief magistrate or provost is no longer heriditary in the Cullen House family. The Parliamentary boundaries, which are not nearly so extensive as the royalty extend from the water-mouth of Cullen, along the shore, to the Maiden Paps; thence due south to the Logie Road; thence, in a straight line to the point at which the Banff and Keith roads meet; thence to the point at which the Seafield and SlacKs road meet; and thence to the bridge over the water of Cullen, the boundary terminating at the water-mouth At the union with England, 13th June 1707, the burghs of Elgin, Banff, Cullen, Inverury, and Kintore, sent one member to the British Parliament. By the Reform Act of 1832, the town of Peterhead was associated with this district of burghs in sending one member to the Imperial Parliament". New Statistical Account |
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[Page] 17Co. [County] of Banff -- Parish of Cullen
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