Place:


Aultbea  Ross and Cromarty

 
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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Aultbea like this:

Aultbea, a coast hamlet in Poolewe quoad sacra parish, W Ross-shire, 7 miles NNE of Poolewe village. It has a post office, an inn, a schoolhouse, a Free church, and fairs on the Friday before the first Tuesday of July and the Wednesday in October before Beauly; with Glasgow it communicates by steamboat.

Aultbea through time

Aultbea is now part of Highland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Highland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Aultbea itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aultbea, in Highland and Ross and Cromarty | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20655

Date accessed: 25th April 2024

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