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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Aberdeenshire => Topic started by: nequine on Thursday 31 May 07 23:32 BST (UK)
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Dear Community
Interested in knowing anything about Mile End House, Peterhead functioning in 1916. Was it a guest house, small hotel - somewhere to take the waters?
No idea of location or if it still exists.
Thanks for any help.
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If you have a look on www.nls.uk/maps/early/os_scotland_popular_list.html
Then click on Sheet 31
Peterhead bay is diamond shaped - look at the left 'corner' and you'll see Mile End, just inland. That whole area is overbuilt now with housing but the name survives in a couple of the streetnames.
It's quite common here for farms to be called 'Something House' - I have two within throwing distance as I write! They were just the main farm and could have several cottages associated with them. That would be my best guess, rather than a hotel.
Regards
Gary