Caputh, Perthshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Caputh parish Bartholomew
Caputh a village Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Bandirran, South a detached section of Caputh parish Groome
Butterstone village and loch Bartholomew
Butterstone a post office village and a lake Groome
Cleaven Dyke the remains of a strong and massive vallum Bartholomew
Craigie village Bartholomew
Craigie a village Groome
Craiglush a loch Groome
Delvine an estate, with a mansion Groome
Duncan's Hill a round mound Groome
Dunkeld a small but very interesting town Groome
Eastwood a mansion Groome
Glendelvine an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Hatton, Lower and Upper adjacent hamlets Bartholomew
Hillead an estate, with a mansion Groome
Hillhead seat Bartholomew
Inchtuthil plateau with site of Roman camp Bartholomew
Inchtuthil a tract of 200 acres Groome
Kincairney village Bartholomew
Kincairney an estate, with a mansion and a village Groome
Loch of Lows loch Bartholomew
Lows, Loch of the a lake Groome
Meikleour village Bartholomew
Meikleour House a mansion Groome
Newtyle Hill a wooded eminence Groome
Snaigow a modern English Baronial mansion Groome
Snaigow seat Bartholomew
Spitalfield village Bartholomew
Spittalfield a village Groome
Stenton seat Bartholomew
Stenton a mansion Groome

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
Kincairney 0 2
Clunie 3 2
Lethendy 0 1
Airntully 0 3
Forneth 0 2
Bankfoot 0 3
Birnam 1 2
Stormont 1 1
Kinclaven 0 2
Little Dunkeld 0 2
Dunkeld 11 4
Meikleour 0 2
Cargill 0 2
Stanley 0 2
Inver 1 2
Kinloch 0 3
Guildtown 0 2
Wolfhill 0 2
Luncarty 3 2
Blairgowrie 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
CAPUTH 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:

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  • 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.