A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Woodside, a police burgh in old Machar parish, Aberdeenshire, near the right bank of the Don, 2 miles NNW of the centre of Aberdeen, and included within its parliamentary boundary. It has a post office, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, a station on the Great North of Scotland railway, a branch of the Aberdeen Town and County Bank (1880), extensive paper works, a valuable free library (1881), the gift of Sir John Anderson, a large public school, an Established church (1846; made quoad sacra 1862), a Free church, a U.P. church (1879), a Congregational church, and St Joseph's Roman Catholic church (1842). Pop. (1871) 4290, (1881) 5452; of q. s. parish (1881) 5928.—Ord. Sur., sh. 77, 1873.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a police burgh" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Old Machar ScoP Aberdeenshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Woodside |
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