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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 717 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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police See also:burgh of See also:Banffshire, See also:Scotland, on the See also:Isla, 534 M. N.W. of See also:Aberdeen by the See also:Great See also:North of Scotland See also:rail-way. Pop. (1901), 4753• A See also:branch of the Highland railway also gives See also:access to See also:Elgin, and there is a See also:line to See also:Buckie and Portessie on the See also:Moray See also:Firth. The burgh includes Old Keith and New Keithon the See also:east See also:bank of the Isla, and See also:Fife-Keith on the See also:west bank. Though Old Keith has a See also:charter dating from See also:William the See also:Lion it See also:fell into See also:gradual decay; New Keith, founded in the 18th See also:century by the second See also:earl of See also:Seafield, being better situated for the growth of a See also:town. Fife-Keith has sprung up since 1816. The See also:principal public buildings include the See also:Turner memorial See also:hospital, the See also:Long-. more See also:hall, and the See also:Institute. In the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:church there is a See also:painting of the " Incredulity of St See also:Thomas," presented by See also:Charles X. of See also:France. The See also:industries include manufactures of tweeds, blankets, agricultural implements, and boots and shoes; there are also distilleries, breweries, See also:flour See also:mills, and See also:lime and manure See also:works. But the See also:main importance of Keith lies in the fact that it is the centre of the agricultural See also:trade of the See also:shire. The " Summer See also:Eve See also:Fair " held in See also:September is the largest See also:cattle and See also:horse fair in the north of Scotland; the town is also the See also:head-quarters of the dressed-See also:meat trade in the north.

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