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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Cromarty, cap. of co., parl. burgh and seaport, and par., at entrance of Cromarty Firth, 19½ miles NE. of Inverness and 613 miles NW. of London -- par., 8017 ac., pop. 2009; parl. burgh, pop. 1352; town, pop. 1360; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday; has mfrs. of sail-cloth, sacking, and cordage, but the chief industry is herring-fishing and white-fishing. On the point is a lighthouse, with fixed light seen 13 miles. Hugh Miller (1802-1856), the geologist, was a native. C. unites with Wick, Kirkwall, Dornoch, Tain, and Dingwall in returning 1 member to Parliament. Upon an eminence immediately above the town is Cromarty House, on the site of an old castle of the Urquharts.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "capital of county, parliamentary burgh and seaport, and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "capitals") |
| Administrative units: | Cromarty ScoP Cromarty Burgh Ross and Cromarty ScoCnty |
| Place: | Cromarty |
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