Montrose, Angus : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Montrose. You may be able to find further references to Montrose in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Montrose parliamentary and royal burgh Bartholomew
Montrose a parish containing a royal burgh Groome
Montrose a seat of manufacture Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Montrose.

Place Type of entry Source
Broomfield a station Groome
Charleton seat Bartholomew
Dubton a railway junction Groome
Hillside parish and village Bartholomew
Loanhead place with school Bartholomew
Rosemoint seat Bartholomew
Rosemount an estate, with a mansion Groome

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Montrose within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Daniel Defoe Letter 13, Part 2: Dundee, Aberdeen and the Highlands 6
James Boswell August 21st to 23rd, 1773: Montrose to Aberdeen 2
William Camden Scotland: North of the Antonine Wall 2
Samuel Johnson Arbroath and Montrose 2
James Boswell August 18th to 20th, 1773: From Edinburgh to Montrose 1
Robert Gammage Touring central Scotland 1
John Wesley 1769-70: Opens a New Church; Comments on Rousseau; Geology; Swedenborg 1
Thomas Pennant July 17-23: The Borders and Edinburgh 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Rossie 0 3
Ferryden 0 2
Craig 0 2
Hillside 0 2
Maryton 0 2
Dun 0 2
Lunan 0 2
Craigo 0 1
St Cyrus 0 2
Marykirk 0 2
Logie Pert 0 2
Farnell 0 2
Miltonhaven 0 2
Inverkeilor 0 2
Inglismaldie 0 2
Luthermuir 0 2
Stracathro 0 2
Brechin 9 2
Johnshaven 0 2
Garvock 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Montrose. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
ALT MOINE ROS F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
CELURCA William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
MONT ROSE William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
MONTROSE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
MONTROSS Daniel Defoe A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain, divided into circuits or journies (London: JM Dent and Co, 1927).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.