In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Don like this:
Don.-- river, S. Aberdeenshire; rises near the Banffshire border, and flows E. to the sea 1 mile NE. of Old Aberdeen, and 21/2 miles N. of mouth of Dee; is 82 miles long, and is one of the best fishing streams in Scotland.
Don through time
Don is now part of Aberdeenshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Aberdeenshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Don itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Don in Aberdeenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27086
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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