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Park, a mansion in Ordiquhill parish, Banffshire, 13/8 mile SSE of Cornhill station, this being 8½ miles SW by W of Banff. It was enlarged in 1829, and is a spacious and handsome edifice. Its owner, Lachlan Duff GordonDuff, Esq. (b. 1817; suc. 1855), Liberal M. P. for Banffshire 1857-61, holds 13,053 acres in the shire, valued at £7418 per annum. See Botriphnie.Ord. Sur., sh. 86, 1876.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | Ordiquhill ScoP Banffshire ScoCnty |
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