Newtyle, Angus : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

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

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

Place Type of entry Source
Auchtertyre village Bartholomew
Auchtertyre a hamlet Groome
Balcraig a quondam ancient castle Groome
Balcraig castle ruins Bartholomew
Chapel hamlet Bartholomew
Chapel a small village Groome
Glack hill pass Bartholomew
Glack a defile and pass Groome
Hatton Castle a ruined fortalice Groome
Hatton Castle ruined fortalice Bartholomew
Hill of Keillor village Bartholomew
Hill of Keillor a village Groome
Newbigging a hamlet Groome
Newbigging hamlet 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
Meigle 0 1
Lundie 0 1
Eassie and Nevay 0 3
Auchterhouse 0 2
Pitcur 0 2
Kettins 0 2
Ruthven 0 2
Coupar Angus 0 2
Fowlis Easter 0 1
Campmuir 0 2
Alyth 0 2
Liff 0 2
Keithick 0 2
Kirkton of Strathmartine 0 1
Benvie 0 2
Airlie 0 2
Glamis 3 2
Camperdown 0 2
Burrelton 0 2
Abernyte 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
NEWTYLE 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.