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Peterhead (listen ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Phàdraig, [3] Scots: Peterheid listen ⓘ) [4] is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is the council area's largest settlement, with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census. [5]
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Peterhead is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is...
- Peterhead - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peterhead is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's largest settlement, having a population of 17,947 at the 2001 Census. [3] Peterhead sits at the easternmost point in mainland Scotland.
Peterhead Bay is a large remote industrial tidal 120° facing coastal embayment, located next to the planned community, commercial fishing and ship building town of Peterhead in the Presbytery of Deer, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, and is in the most easternmost point in mainland Scotland. [1]
Sep 8, 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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Old St Peter's Church (also known as St Peter's on the Links) [1] is a scheduled monument in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. While the medieval main tower is still standing, only ruins remain of its other sections, some of which date to the 12th century.
Peterhead (pētərhĕd´), town (1991 pop. 16,804), Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, on a peninsula on the North Sea. It is the easternmost town, with a good harbor, of Scotland. Chiefly a center of herring fisheries, Peterhead has fish canneries, distilleries, and woolen mills.
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Peterhead has the distinction of being the most easterly point in mainland Scotland, though nearby Boddam runs it close. Much of the town is built on an east-pointing peninsula defined by the narrow estuary of the River Ugie to the north and Peterhead Bay to the south.
