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MACDUFF , a See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

burgh and seaport of See also:

BANFFSHIRE

Banffshire, See also:

SCOT, MICHAEL (? 1175-1232)

Scot-See also:

LAND

land. Pop. (1901), 3431. It lies on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the mouth of the Deveron, 1 m. E. of See also:

BANFF

Banff and 504 M. N.W of See also:

Aberdeen by the See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

North of See also:

Scotland railway. The site was originally occupied by the fishing See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

DONNE, JOHN (1573–1631)

Donne, but after its See also:

PURCHASE

purchase by the 1st See also:

EARL

earl of See also:

Fife, about 1732, the name was altered to Macduff by' the 2nd earl, who also procured for it in 1783 a royal See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter constituting it a burgh. In See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the occasion he rebuilt the See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

CROSS

cross, in front of the See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

church. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, safer and more accessible than that of, Banff, was constructed by the See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Fife, and transferred to the burgh in 1898. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the See also:

HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery; but there is some See also:

BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

BUILDING

building, besides rope-and-See also:

SAIL

sail making, manure See also:

WORKS

works, saw-See also:

mills and` oilcake mills. A See also:

stone See also:

BRIDGE

bridge across the Deveron communicates with Banff. See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good bathing facilities, a bracing See also:

CLIMATE

climate and a See also:

MINERAL

mineral well attract numerous visitors to Macduff every summer.

The burgh unites with Banff, See also:

Cullen, See also:

ELGIN

Elgin, See also:

INVERURIE

Inverurie, See also:

KINTORE

Kintore and See also:

PETERHEAD

Peterhead (the Elgin burghs) in returning one member to See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

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