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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Cove like this:
Cove, a fishing village in Nigg parish, Kincardineshire, with a station on the Caledonian railway, 4¾ miles S by E of Aberdeen, under which it has a post office. At it are St Mary's Episcopal church (1868), a public and an Episcopal school, an hotel, and a harbour, which, mainly natural, or very slightly improved by art, serves often as a place of refuge to boats in high north-easterly winds. ...
The fishermen engage in various kinds of fishery, and have considerable reputation for the drying and smoking of haddocks. A cave enters from the beach in the vicinity, and probably gave name to the village. Pop. (1861) 385, (1871) 450, (1881) 550.
Cove is now part of ABERDEEN CITY City. Click here for graphs and data of how ABERDEEN CITY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cove itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cove, in Aberdeen City and Kincardineshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22060
Date accessed: 24th January 2026
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