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Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire is an historic county of Scotland. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)
From The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, 1847:
Usually called the Mearns, a county on the north-east coast; bounded on the north by Aberdeenshire, from which, in a great measure, it is divided by the river Dee; on the east by the German ocean; and on the south and west by Forfarshire, from which it is divided by the North Esk.
The towns are Stonehaven, the county town, Bervie, or Inverbervie, a small burgh - the only royalty in the county - John'shaven, Laurencekirk, Fettercairn, Fordoun, Auchenblae &c., Drumlithie, Marykirk, and St. Cyrus, are the other principal villages inland.
The county was named for the town of Kincardine, its early capital.
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