Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Combs, St

Combs, St, a fishing village in Lonmay parish, NE Aberdeenshire, 5 miles ESE of Fraserburgh. It carries on valuable cod and herring fisheries; contains a public school; and down to 1608 had a church, dedicated to St Colm or Columba.


(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: Lonmay Parish       Aberdeenshire County

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