St Cyrus, Kincardineshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
St Cyrus parish and village with railway station Bartholomew
St Cyrus a parish, with a village Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Bridgeton an estate, with a mansion Groome
Bridgeton seat Bartholomew
Burnside hamlet Bartholomew
Burnside a hamlet Groome
Bush hamlet Bartholomew
Bush a hamlet Groome
Canterland a dell or den Groome
Canterland dell Bartholomew
Den Fenella a romantic ravine Groome
Kirkside an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Kirkside House and Kirkside Fishings Bartholomew
Lauriston railway station Bartholomew
Lauriston Castle a mansion Groome
Lauriston Castle seat Bartholomew
Mathers, Kaim of vestiges of old fortalice Bartholomew
Milton a fishing village Groome
Milton fishing village Bartholomew
Morphie an estate Groome
Morphie seat Bartholomew
Shortside school 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
Miltonhaven 0 2
Johnshaven 0 2
Garvock 0 2
Hillside 0 2
Craigo 0 1
Marykirk 0 2
Benholm 0 2
Laurencekirk 3 3
Montrose 16 3
Logie Pert 0 2
Ferryden 0 2
Rossie 0 3
Gourdon 0 2
Luthermuir 0 2
Dun 0 2
Craig 0 2
Inglismaldie 0 2
Maryton 0 2
Arbuthnott 0 2
Bervie 1 5

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
ST CYRUS 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.