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CULLEN , a royal, municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Banffshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 1936. It is situated on Cullen See also:Bay, II1 m. W. by N. of See also:Banff and 661 m. N.W. of See also:Aberdeen by the See also:Great See also:North of Scotland railway. Deskford See also:Burn, after a course of 7i m., enters the See also:sea at Cullen, which it divides into two parts, Seatown, the older, and See also:Newtown, dating only from 1822. St See also:Mary's, the See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, a cruciform structure, was founded by See also:Robert See also:Bruce, whose second wife died at Cullen. The See also:industries include rope and See also:sail making, See also:boat-See also:building, See also:brewing and fishing. The See also:harbour, constructed between 1817 and 1834, though artificial, is one of the best on this See also:coast. About 1 m. to the S. is Cullen See also:House, a seat of the See also:earl of See also:Seafield, which contains some See also:fine See also:works of See also:art. A mile and a See also:half to the W. is the picturesque fishing See also:village of See also:Port Knockie with a deep-sea harbour, built in 1891. On the cliffs, 2 M. to the E., stand the ruins of See also:Findlater See also:Castle, fortified in 1455. From 1638 to 1811, when the See also:title expired, it gave the title of earl to the Ogilvies, whose name was adopted in addition to his own by See also:Sir See also:Lewis See also:Alexander See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant, when he succeeded, as 5th earl of Seafield, to the surviving dignities. Five See also:miles to the E. of Cullen is the thriving fishing See also:town of Portsoy, with a small, safe harbour and a station on the Great North of Scotland railway. Besides the See also:fisheries there is See also:fish-curing and a distillery; and the See also:quarrying of a See also:pink-coloured variety of See also:granite and of Portsoy See also:marble is carried on. See also:Good See also:limestone is also found in the See also:district. Pop. (19o1) 2061.
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