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Grantown-on-Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray.It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Inverness (35 miles or 56 km by road).
Strathspey (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Spè, [s̪t̪ɾa ˈs̪peː]) is a region of the Scottish Highlands comprising part of the valley of the Spey. It includes the towns of Aviemore, Boat of Garten, Grantown-on-Spey, and Aberlour.
The motto was SUB SPE, Latin for "In Hope", a pun on the River Spey, which flows through the county. The coat of arms, described by Thomas Innes of Learney , a future Lord Lyon, in the Elgin Courant of 6 May 1927 as "the most beautiful county arms in Scotland", represented the clan Murray and Randolph, Earl of Moray , the two main landowners.
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The first of these was a public hospital in Grantown-on-Spey, named the Ian Charles Hospital in his memory: [14] Thus, fifteen months after his death, in May 1885 there was opened at Grantown-on-Spey the Ian Charles Hospital. The erection and endowment of such a hospital had been arranged by the Countess Dowager and her son.
His home, Freuchie, is now known as Castle Grant, located near Grantown-on-Spey. In 1583, two years before his death in 1585, [2] he passed it on to his second son and heir, Patrick Grant, who was knighted by King James VI and designated "of Rothiemurchus". He married Margaret Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl, and died in 1626.
Grantown is 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (12 kilometres) away. [4] Loch Garten lies to the southeast of the village. To the east of the village is the small settlement of Drumuillie. Situated at an elevation of 220 metres (720 ft) above sea level, [1] it lies 500 metres (1,600 feet) from the River Spey in the Cairngorms National Park. [5]
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type."