Kilmarnock Arms Hotel - described, in a Great North Scotland Railway guide book 1990, as an "old established Hotel". The Kilmarnock Arms goes back to at least 1888 when a local newspaper reported a dinner in honour of a departing tenant from Braehead farm.
 The name Kilmarnock Arms comes from a son of the Earl of Kilmarnock, who in 1724 married into the Erroll family of Slains Castle, whose title became that of the eldest son of the Earl of Erroll.
For many years a temperance Hotel and incorporating the Post Office, the 'Killie' as it is known locally, has always been advertised as a suitable centre for golfing and seeing such local attractions as Slains Castle and Bullers of Buchan. In earlier years it also advertised sea bathing, hired bicycles and facilities for fishing and shooting.
|
|
