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Peterhead sits at the easternmost point in mainland Scotland. It is often referred to as The Blue Toun (locally spelled "The Bloo Toon") and its natives are known as Bloo Touners . They are also referred to as blue mogganers (locally spelled "bloomogganners"), supposedly from the blue worsted moggans or stockings that the fishermen ...
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20 de abr. de 2024 · Peterhead, town and fishing port, council area and historic county of Aberdeenshire. Peterhead is the most easterly town in Scotland. Founded in 1593, it developed as a port and functioned briefly as a fashionable 18th-century spa. By the early 19th century it had become the chief British whaling.
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Historical Account of Peterhead from Francis H. Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland A fishing port and resort town on the North Sea coast of Aberdeenshire, situated on a peninsula at the most easterly point of the Scottish mainland, 32 miles (51 km) north of Aberdeen...
13 de may. de 2018 · Peterhead parish records - Genealogy and Family History in Scotland. Records -> Aberdeenshire. Peterhead records. Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year. Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.
NameDate Of BirthYearLily A ADAMS31 Mar 18951912Bessie A ALEXANDER11 Feb 18961910Elizabeth A M ALEXANDER27 Mar 18931908Elizabeth A M ALEXANDER27 Mar 18931909Peterhead is the most easterly town in Scotland, and owing to its prominent situation and its position as regards the great fishing industry of which it is the centre, it has been selected by Parliament for a national harbour of refuge. Granite is extensively quarried in the neighbourhood.
6 de oct. de 2023 · History. PETERHEAD, a burgh of barony, sea-port, and parish, in the district of Buchan, county of Aberdeen; containing the villages of Boddam and Burnhaven, and the late quoad sacra district of East Peterhead, 32 miles (N. N. E.) from Aberdeen, and 145 (N. E. by N.) from Edinburgh.
Why is Peterheaad called the Blootoon? Which U Boat commander flushed his career away of the Buchan coast? Follow the Peterhead Trail for the whole torrid story of Britain's most easterly town. New for 2021.
