Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Deanston

Deanston.-- vil., on river Teith, 1 mile W. of Doune, Perthshire, pop. 679; P.O.; has cotton-mills, founded 1785. James Smith of Deanston (1789-1850), inventor, agriculturist, and philanthropist, was for many years manager of the mills.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Perthshire County
Place: Deanston

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