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Encyclopedia Britannica



NAIRN

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 154 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOS-NAN
NAIRN , a royal, municipal and police
burgh
  and county town of Nairnshire,
Scotland
 . Pop. of the royal
burgh
  (19or) 5089. It is situated on the Moray Firth, at the mouth of the Nairn and on its left bank, 154 M. N.E. of
Inverness
  by the Highland railway. The town, though of immemorial age, shows no signs of its antiquity, being
bright
 , neat and modern. It attracts many summer visitors by its good sea bathing and excellent golf-course. The
industries
  include salmon fishing, deep-sea fishing, the making of rope and twine and the freestone quarries of the neighbourhood. There is a commodious harbour with breakwater and pier. Nairn belongs to the
Inverness
 
district
  group of parliamentary burghs (Fortes, Fortrose, Inverness and Nairn). Nairn was originally called Invernarne (the mouth of the Nairn). It was made a royal burgh by Alexander I. (d. 1124), but this charter having been lost it was confirmed by James VI. in 1589.


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