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Turriff

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Turriff
Population5,708 (2001)
OS grid referenceNJ725505
• Edinburgh160 miles (257 km)
• London569 miles (916 km)
Civil parish
  • Turriff
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTURRIFF
Postcode districtAB53
Dialling code01888
PoliceScottish
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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Turriff is a town and parish in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is approximately 166 feet above sea level. It is known locally as Turra in the Doric dialect of Scots. The name appears to be Scottish Gaelic in origin, from "torr" meaning a mound or round hill, or "tur" meaning a tower.

Turriff mercat cross

The Knights Templar appear to have had a base in the area, and a nearby site is still known as "Temple Brae".

Early in 1639, the Marquis of Huntly assembled his forces here, and thereafter went to Kintore in lower Aberdeenshire, eventually marching from there to Aberdeen itself. The Marquis — being informed shortly after his arrival in Aberdeen that a meeting of Covenanters was to be held in Turriff on the fourteenth of February — resolved to disperse them, by occupying the town with 2000 men. The incident was known as the "First raid of Turray".

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  1. Ainmean-àite na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-names of Scotland