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| [Fordoun continued] | [Continued from page 1] "says it was called the Mother Church of the Mearns. The mean length of the parish, extending from Southwest to Northeast may be about 8 miles, it is of a Quadrangular form and is bounded on the Southwest by Fettercairn, on the South and Southeast by the Parishes of Marykirk, Laurencekirk, and Arbuthnott; on the Northeast by Glenbervie and on the Northwest, by Strachan, which it joins on the Summit of the Grampians. The parish extends along the South Side of the Grampians, and on the North Side of the Valley of Strathmore, or rather of that division of it familiarly known by the name of the 'How O' the Mearns'." (Abridged from New Stat. Act. [Statistical Account]) |
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