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Fraserburgh Beach. The town has several attractions including an award-winning beach, [22] a major commercial harbour, Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh Heritage Centre, and the community war memorial by the Scottish sculptor Alexander Carrick. [citation needed]
The first municipal building in the town was an early-17th century tolbooth commissioned by the local laird, Sir Alexander Fraser. [2] [3] [4] It was primarily used as a prison and a local meeting place: latterly referred to as the town hall, it was a building with a gable and an external staircase facing Saltoun Square. [5]
In 1592, Fraserburgh (prior to that known as Faithlie) became a Burgh of royalty, despite protests from Aberdeen over what they viewed as an infringement on their rights. In the same year, [1] Fraser gained a charter to establish a university or college there, [2] [3] with the general assembly of the town quickly supporting it, offering the patronage of two of the town's churches (Tyrie and ...
Fraserburgh F.C. was formed in 1910 and have always played their home games at Bellslea Park. [1] [3] Prior to the football club playing their games at the ground, the site was a public park and hosted football games of other local clubs from around the town. [3] In 1909, maintenance work began and a perimeter wall was added around the site.
Fraserburgh Old Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. The present building was erected in 1803 at the head of the High Street, on the site of a 16th-century church.
Melissa Rivers is still mourning losing everything she owned after her Pacific Palisades home was destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires on Jan. 7. But her mother Joan Rivers' famous collection of ...
Purchased by Debenhams in 1961. Guildford store closed in 1968 to coincide with the opening of a new Plummer Roddis in the town. Other stores closed in the 1970s with Woking closing in 1983. 6 1961 [77] Goldbergs: Glasgow: 1908 Glasgow based group with stores in Scotland and one in England. 15 1990 Grant-Warden Walton on Thames
Fraserburg is a town in the Karoo region of South Africa's Northern Cape province. It is located in the Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality. The town has some of the coldest winters in South Africa. The nearest towns are Williston, Sutherland, Loxton and Leeu-Gamka, all of which are more than 100 km distant.