Moulin, Perthshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Moulin parish Bartholomew
Moulin a village and parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Auldclune a hamlet Groome
Auldclune hamlet Bartholomew
Auldgirnaig a hamlet Groome
Auldgirnaig hamlet Bartholomew
Ben Vrackie a mountain Groome
Black Spout a picturesque waterfall Groome
Briarachan a rivulet Groome
Briarachan affluent Bartholomew
Enochdhu village Bartholomew
Enochdhu a hamlet Groome
Faskally an estate, with a mansion Groome
Garth Castle or Caisteal Dubh a ruined fortalice Groome
Glen Brerachan glen Bartholomew
Glenfearnach a verdant glen Groome
Glen Fearnach glen Bartholomew
Killiecrankie railway station Bartholomew
Kinnaird a hamlet Groome
Kinnaird hamlet Bartholomew
Pitlochrie a prosperous village Groome
Pitlochry village with railway station Bartholomew
Straloch school Bartholomew
Strathgarry House a mansion Groome
Strathgarry House seat Bartholomew
Urrard House a mansion Groome
Urrard House seat Bartholomew

Travel writing

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

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
Pitlochry 0 2
Faskally 1 2
Tenandry 0 2
Tayside 3 2
Killiecrankie 6 2
Logierait 0 2
Blair Atholl 9 2
Dowally 0 2
Balnakilly 0 1
Dalguise 0 2
Aberfeldy 1 2
Kirkmichael 0 2
Weem 0 2
Castle Menzies 1 2
Beinn Aghlo 1 2
Tilt 4 4
Foss 0 2
Ardle 1 3
Ballintuim 0 2
Dull 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

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.