Archiestown, a village in Knockando parish, Elginshire, 6½ miles SW of Rothes, and 2¼ NNE of Carron station on the Strathspey section of the Caledonian. Founded in 1760, and partly burned in 1783, it now consists of a main street, a square, and several lanes, and it has a post office under Craigellachie (4 miles E by N), a U.P. church, and a General Assembly school, which, with accommodation for 90 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 59, and a grant of £52,4s. 6d. Pop. (1861) 174, (1871) 338, (1881) 374.
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