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896: 1580: 68: 408:. The building had been the headquarters of Kincardineshire County Council since 1935. It had been built in 1881 as a house, and by the 1920s had been converted to offices. Following a fire in 1932 it was largely rebuilt and extended in order to become the county council's main offices and meeting place, being formally opened as such on 8 May 1935. 359:
The first election to the district council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until it came into its powers on 16 May 1975. Political control of the council from 1975 until its abolition in 1996 was as follows:
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The parish of Nigg transferred in 1975 only covered the residual rural part of the historic parish of Nigg, principally being the
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area; the remainder had previously been transferred to the city of Aberdeen in boundary changes in 1891, 1935 and 1970.
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After the council's abolition in 1996, Viewmount became an area office for the successor
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The regions and districts created in 1975 were abolished in 1996, being replaced by
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sites, notable in the earliest period of recorded history with several significant
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Scottish local government district (1975–1996), part of Grampian region
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and parts of another two, which were all abolished at the same time:
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A Beaker Child Burial from Catterline, Kincardine and Deeside
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The council was based at Viewmount on Arduthie Road in
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sites. The region is also traversed by several ancient
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A. Small, Margaret Bruce and Ian A.G. Shepherd (1988)
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Kincardine and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)
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Kincardine and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)
57°01′34″N 3°00′43″W / 57.026°N 3.012°W / 57.026; -3.012

Aberdeenshire
HQ
Stonehaven
Grampian
Scotland
Stonehaven
Aberdeenshire
council area
megalithic
Roman
trackways
Grampian Mountains
Causey Mounth
Elsick Mounth
Beaker Period
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
historic county
Kincardineshire
Aberdeenshire
districts
Drumoak
Ballater
burgh
Deeside
Banchory
Inverbervie
Laurencekirk

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