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FRASERBURGH , a See also:police See also:burgh and seaport, on the N. See also:coast of See also:Aberdeenshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1891), 7466; (Igor), 9105., It is situated 471 M. by See also:rail N. of See also:Aberdeen, from which there; is a See also:branch See also:line, of which it is the See also:terminus, of the See also:Great See also:North of Scotland railway. It takes its name from See also:Sir See also:Alexander See also:Fraser, the ancestor of See also:Lord Saltoun, whose seat, Philorth See also:House, lies 2 M. to the See also:south. Sir Alexander obtained for it in 1613 a See also:charter as a burgh of See also:royalty, and also in 1592 a charter for the See also:founding of a university. This latter project, however, was not carried out, and all that remains of the See also:building in-tended for the See also:college is a three-storeyed See also:tower. The old See also:castle of the Frasers on Kinnaird See also:Head now contains a lighthouse, and See also:close by is the See also:Wine Tower, with a See also:cave below. The See also:town See also:cross is a See also:fine structure See also:standing upon a huge hexagon, surmounted by a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:pillar 12 ft. high, ornamented by the royal and Fraser arms. The See also:port is one of the leading stations of the See also:herring See also:fishery in the north of Scotland and the head
of a fishery See also:district. During the herring See also:season (See also:June to See also:September) the See also:population is increased by upwards of io,000 per-sons. The See also:fleet See also:numbers more than 700 boats, and the See also:annual value of the catch exceeds £200,000. The See also:harbour, origin-ally constructed as a See also:refuge for See also:British See also:ships of See also:war, is one of the best on the See also:east coast, and has been improved by the widening of the piers and the See also:extension of the breakwaters. It has an See also:area of upwards of eight acres, is easy of See also:access, and affords anchorage for vessels of every See also:size.
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