Marykirk, Kincardineshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

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

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

Place Type of entry Source
Balmakelly stream Bartholomew
Balmakewan an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Balmaleedie stream Bartholomew
Balmanno seat Bartholomew
Balmanno an estate, with a mansion Groome
Balniakelly a burn Groome
Balnialeedie a burn Groome
Black Burn a rivulet Groome
Caldham a hamlet Groome
Dourie a burn Groome
Hatton an estate, with a mansion Groome
Hatton House seat Bartholomew
Inglismaldie a seat Groome
Inglismaldie old castle Bartholomew
Kirktonhill a handsome modern mansion Groome
Kirktonhill seat Bartholomew
Luthermuir a village, with a public school Groome
Muirton village Bartholomew
Thornton Castle seat Bartholomew
Thornton Castle a mansion Groome

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
Craigo 0 1
Logie Pert 0 2
Luthermuir 0 2
Inglismaldie 0 2
Hillside 0 2
Dun 0 2
St Cyrus 0 2
Laurencekirk 3 3
Stracathro 0 2
Garvock 0 2
Montrose 16 3
Miltonhaven 0 2
Fettercairn 0 2
Rossie 0 3
Edzell 0 2
Maryton 0 2
Ferryden 0 2
Kincardine 0 2
Craig 0 2
Brechin 9 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
MARYKIRK 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.