Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Invergordon

Invergordon, police burgh and small seaport town, with ry. sta. and ferry, Rosskeen par., E. Ross and Cromarty, on N. side of Cromarty Firth, 13 miles NE. of Dingwall and 12½ SW. of Tain - burgh, pop. 1092; town, pop. 1119; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper; is a thriving place, and has fine sea-bathing, some small industries, and a good harbour, with a growing trade in the export of agricultural produce; 1 mile NW. is Invergordon Castle, seat of Macleod of Cadboll.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "police burgh"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Rosskeen ScoP       Invergordon Burgh       Ross and Cromarty ScoCnty
Place: Invergordon

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