COLLIESTON, a village, in the parish of Slains,
district of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, 6 miles (E. by
S.) from Ellon; containing 357 inhabitants. This is a
maritime village, situated on the eastern coast, and inhabited
chiefly by fishermen, who obtain a comfortable
livelihood by taking various kinds of white-fish, but
especially haddock and cod, which are cured and sent
in large quantities to Leith, Glasgow, and London. See
Slains.