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Bilbster, an estate in Wick parish, Caithness, with a mansion and with a station on the Wick branch of the Sutherland and Caithness railway, 5 miles WNW of Wick town. Between 1850 and 1875 its purchaser, Mr Jas. Henderson, expended nearly £12,000 on improving the estate.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "an estate" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
Administrative units: | Wick ScoP Caithness ScoCnty Sutherland ScoCnty |
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