Fetteresso, Kincardineshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Fetteresso coastal parish and village Bartholomew
Fetteresso a hamlet Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Achollies a place Groome
Arduthie estate Bartholomew
Arduthie an estate Groome
Cowie a fishing village Groome
Cowie rivulet Bartholomew
Dews a small marshy lake Groome
Dews loch Bartholomew
Garron a headland Groome
Muchalls a village Groome
Muchalls village with railway station Bartholomew
Netherley seat and hamlet Bartholomew
Netherley an estate, with a mansion and a public school Groome
Newtonhill a railway station Groome
Newtonhill hamlet with railway station Bartholomew
Skateraw a fishing-village Groome
Skaterow fishing village Bartholomew
Stranathrow a fishing-village, with a harbour and a coastguard station Groome
Stranathrow fishing village Bartholomew
Tewel school Bartholomew
Urie a mansion Groome
Ury House seat Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Dunnottar 3 2
Stonehaven 3 2
Cowie 0 2
Rickarton 0 2
Cookney 0 2
Muchalls 0 2
Drumlithie 0 2
Glenbervie 0 2
Kinneff 0 2
Arbuthnott 0 2
Portlethen 0 2
Durris 0 2
Bervie 1 5
Monboddo 6 2
Maryculter 0 2
Dee 10 4
Findon 0 3
Park 0 2
Auchinblae 0 2
Fordoun 1 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
FETTERESSO John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
FODRESACH F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

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