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Peterhead

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Peterhead , town (1991 pop. 16,804), Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, on a peninsula on the North Sea. It is the easternmost town, with a good harbor, of Scotland. Chiefly a center of herring fisheries, Peterhead has fish canneries, distilleries, and woolen mills. The town was founded in 1593 by George Keith, 5th earl marischal of Scotland. James Francis Stuart , the Old Pretender, landed secretly at Peterhead in 1715. The local economy benefited from the discovery of North Sea oil in the early 1970s.

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Peterhead

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Peterhead, Scotland/UK Inverugie, Petyrheid Founded in 1593 as a fishing port called ‘Mouth of the (River) Ugie’ from inbhir and the river's name, it was later renamed ‘St Peter's Headland’ from the saint's name and the Old English hēafod ‘headland’. The town was named after the headland and the headland was named after the church that stood on it.

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Peterhead

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Peterhead Aber. Petyrheid 1544. ‘St Peter's headland’. OE hēafod. The headland is named after the former St Peter's Kirk. An earlier name was Inverugie, ‘mouth of the River Ugie’ (Gaelic inbhir).

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