Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lossiemouth (and Branderburgh)

Lossiemouth (and Branderburgh), seaport town with ry. sta., Drainie par., Elginshire, at mouth of river Lossie, 5½ miles NE. of Elgin and 573 NW. of London by raft, pop. (including Branderburgh, Sea-town, and Stotfield), 3497; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; the industries are chiefly connected with shipping and fishing, and in the vicinity, on Goulard Hill, are sandstone quarries.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport town"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Moray ScoCnty
Place: Lossiemouth

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