Longforgan, Perthshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Longforgan parish and village with railway station Bartholomew
Longforgan a village and a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Balbunnoch a village Groome
Balbunnoch village Bartholomew
Ballo Hill a summit Bartholomew
Blairhall village Bartholomew
Blairhall a village Groome
Castle Huntly estate with old baronial mansion Bartholomew
Castle-Huntly an estate, with a noble old baronial mansion Groome
Castle Lyon former name of Bartholomew
Clattering Briggs village Bartholomew
Drimmie an estate Groome
Drimmie estate Bartholomew
Dron hill Bartholomew
Dron a hill Groome
Invergowrie village with railway station Bartholomew
Kingoodie village Bartholomew
Kingoodie a village Groome
Lochton an estate, with a mansion Groome
Lochton House seat Bartholomew
Mylnefield Feus village 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
Benvie 0 2
Kingoodie 0 2
Mylnefield Feus 0 2
Inchture 0 2
Invergowrie 0 2
Liff 0 2
Baledgarno 0 2
Fowlis Easter 0 1
Abernyte 0 2
Camperdown 0 2
Carse of Gowrie 1 3
Kinnaird 0 2
Lochee 0 2
Balmerino 2 2
Lundie 0 1
Gowrie 2 0
Dudhope 0 1
Kirkton of Strathmartine 0 1
Auchterhouse 0 2
Creich 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

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