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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 961 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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STONEHAVEN (locally Stanehive)

STONEHAVEN (locally Stanehive) , 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, seaport and See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

KINCARDINESHIRE, or THE MEARNS

Kincardineshire, See also:

Scotland, 15 M. S.S.W. of See also:

Aberdeen by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1901), 4577. It consists of two quarters, the old town picturesquely situated on the See also:

south See also:

BANK

bank of the Carron and the new on the See also:

LAND

land between this stream and the Cowie, the two being connected by the See also:

BRIDGE

bridge which carries the See also:

main road from the south to Aberdeen. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the See also:

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

market-See also:

house and town See also:

hall, and the See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include distilling, See also:

BREWING

brewing, tanning, the making of See also:

NET

net, rope and twine and woollen manufactures. 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, a natural See also:

basin, is protected on the south-See also:

east by cliffs and has a See also:

quay. The See also:

trade is mostly in See also:

COAL

coal and See also:

lime and the exports are chiefly agricultural. The town is an important centre of the fishing See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, and has become a favourite watering-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place. On the decay of Kincardine, the See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

capital, Stonehaven became the county town in 1600, and suffered heavily during the covenanting troubles, See also:

Montrose setting it on See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1645. The Slug Road to Banchory-Ternan, or Upper Banchory (pop. 1475), 15 M. distant, a favourite residential resort of Aberdeen citizens, begins at Stonehaven.

It pursues mainly a See also:

north-western direction, at one point being carried over the See also:

SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder of See also:

CAIRN (in Gaelic and Welsh, Carn)

Cairn mon-See also:

EARN

earn (1245 ft.).

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