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Findon or Finnan, a fishing village in Banchory Devenick parish, Kincardineshire, 1½ mile NE of Portlethen station, this being 8 miles S by W of Aberdeen. It is a little place, of no more consequence than other fishing villages on the E coast; but it has gained celebrity for having been the first place to prepare the dried fish, called from it Findon or Finnan haddocks. Its boats number 30, its fishermen 96; and there is a public school. Pop. (1861) 190, (1871) 330.—Ord. Sur., sh. 67, 1871.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a fishing village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kincardineshire County |
| Place names: | FINDON | FINDON OR FINNAN | FINNAN |
| Place: | Findon |
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