Corncairn

Corncairn
   CORNCAIRN, a village and burgh of barony, in the parish of Ordiquhill, county of Banff, 6 miles (S.) from Portsoy; containing 94 inhabitants. This place is situated in the neighbourhood of Cornhill, a village on the road from Huntly to Banff, where several annual fairs and cattle-markets are held, the latter well known as the "Cornhill markets."

A Topographical dictionary of Scotland. . 1856.

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  • Ordiquhill —    ORDIQUHILL, a parish, in the county of Banff, 11 miles (E. N. E.) from Keith; containing, with the village of Corncairn, 637 inhabitants. This place, which is situated within seven miles of the North Sea, derives its name, signifying in the… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

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