Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Alford

Alford, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in mid of co. and 29½ miles NW. of Aberdeen, on river Don, 9102 ac., pop. 1472; vil., pop. 529; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. It has important grain and cattle markets.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Alford ScoP       Aberdeenshire ScoCnty
Place: Alford

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