Findochty

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Findochty

Total population

1,130

Coordinates57.70°, -2.90°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Findochty is a village in Moray, Scotland, on the shores of the Moray Firth; historically it was part of Banffshire. A comparison of the First and Second Edition Six-inch Ordnance Survey Maps, publishd in 1870 and 1905 respectively shows how the harbour and the village developed during the intervening years.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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James Reid

Sport shooter, born 1875

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Alex Wilson

Scottish footballer (1933-2010)

James Clark

British Physician-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria (1788–1870)

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Alex Smith

Scottish footballer born 1915

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Billy Milne

Scottish footballer (1895-1975)

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George Cowie

British footballer (born 1961)

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George Henry Bennett

Australian politician

George Imlach McIntosh

Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1897-1968)

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George Stewart

British association football player (1927-2011)

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George Stronach

British merchant seaman, George Cross recipient in World War II

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James Ogilvy-Grant, 9th Earl of Seafield

British politician (1817-1888)

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Trond Mohn

Norwegian businessman

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Malcolm Slater

Footballer (born 1939)

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Tim Clark

Canadian artist (born 1945)

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Norman Calder

British historian of Islamic law

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George McKenzie

association football player (1908-1974)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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