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Rothes.-- police burgh with ry. sta., Elginshire, and par., partly also in Banffshire - par., 19,816 ac., pop. 2201; burgh, near river Spey, 11 miles SE. of Elgin, pop. 1382; P.O., T.O, 2 Banks. Rothes was made a police burgh in 1884. It gives the title of earl to the family of Leslie. There are 3 distilleries in the vicinity.
(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: | Rothes Parish Moray County |
| Place: | Rothes |
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