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Dufftown, police burgh with ry. sta., Mortlach par., Banffshire, near the Fiddich, 4 m. SE. of Craigellachie Junction, and 64 NW. of Aberdeen, pop. 1252; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; was founded in 1817 by James Duff, fourth Earl of Fife; has limeworks and a distillery (Mortlach).
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "police burgh with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Mortlach Parish Dufftown Burgh Banffshire County |
| Place: | Dufftown |
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