In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Port Elphinstone like this:
Port-Elphinstone, a southern suburb of Inverurie, in Kintore parish, Aberdeenshire, on the right bank of the river Don. It took its name, and during 1807-54 derived its importance, from being situated at the NW end of the quondam Aberdeen Canal; it now contains an extensive goods station of the Great North of Scotland railway, and is still a convenient centre of trade; and it has a post office under Inverurie, extensive grain mills, paper-mills, two saw-mills, a brewery, a nursery, a public school, and a public library. ...
Pop. (1861) 421, (1871) 435, (1881) 473, of whom 356 were within Inverurie burgh.—Ord. Sur., sh. 76, 1874.
Port Elphinstone through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Port Elphinstone in Aberdeenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22256
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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