Place:


Buckie  Banffshire

 

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Buckie like this:

Buckie.-- quoad sacra par. and fishing town, Rathven par., N. Banffshire, on Buckie burn (which divides the town into Easter B. and Nether B.), 9 miles NW. from Fochabers ry. sta., and 575 miles from London, pop. 4350; town, pop. 4176; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 1 newspaper. A new harb. of 9 ac., and with ½ mile of quayage, was constructed in 1880.

Buckie through time

Buckie is now part of Moray district. Click here for graphs and data of how Moray has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Buckie itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Buckie, in Moray and Banffshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17378

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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