KINTORE
, a royal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Aberdeenshire, See also:Scot-See also:land
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Pop
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(Igor), 789
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It is situated on the See also:Don, 134 M
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N.W. of See also:Aberdeen by the See also:Great See also:North of See also:Scotland railway
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It is a See also:place of some antiquity, having been made a royal burgh in the reign of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the See also:Lion (d
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1214)
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Kintore forms one of the See also:Elgin See also:group of See also:parliamentary burghs, the others being See also:Banff, See also:Cullen, Elgin, See also:Inverurie and See also:Peterhead
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One mile to the See also:south-See also:west are the ruins of Hallforest See also:Castle, of which two storeys still exist, once a See also:hunting-seat of See also:Robert See also:Bruce and afterwards a See also:residence of the Keiths, earls marischal
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There are several examples of sculptured stones and circles in the See also:parish, and 2 M. to the north-west is the site of Bruce's See also:camp, which is also ascribed to the See also:period of the See also:Romans
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Near it is Thainston See also:House, the residence of See also:Sir See also:Andrew See also:Mitchell (1708—1771), the See also:British See also:envoy to See also:Frederick the Great
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Kintore gives the See also:title of See also:earl in the Scottish, and of See also:baron in the British See also:peerage to the See also:head of the See also:Keith-See also:Falconer See also:family
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