KIRKTOWN-OF-NEW-DEER, a village, in the
parish of New-Deer, district of Buchan, county of
Aberdeen, 6 miles (E. S. E.) from Cuminestown; containing
3'i'i inhabitants. It is situated on the ridge of
a hill, upon the high road from Ellon to Newbyth, and
consists of a long street of above a hundred houses and
cottages, the fields declining to the east and west: the
population is almost wholly agricultural. There are a
sub-post office, and two or three good inns in the village;
and fairs are held in it in April, May, June, October,
and November, at all which cattle and horses are exposed
for sale. The mail-coach from Banff to Peterhead
passes daily, and a stage-coach three times a week from
Aberdeen to Ellon. The church stands near the village,
where are also the parochial school and a circulating library.