St Vigeans, Angus : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
St Vigeans coastal parish and village Bartholomew
St Vigeans a village and a coast parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Almerieclose an estate, with a mansion Groome
Auchmithie fishing village Bartholomew
Auchmithie a fishing village Groome
Beechwood an estate, with a mansion Groome
Colliston a village Groome
Dichmont a hill-summit Groome
Dickmont Law hill Bartholomew
Gaylet Pot or Geary Pot a cavern and a natural shaft Groome
Gowanbank village Bartholomew
Gowanbank a village Groome
Hospitalfield seat Bartholomew
Hospitalfield an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Letham Grange a modern mansion Groome
Letham Grange railway station and seat Bartholomew
Mary well village Bartholomew
Marywell a village Groome
Needle's Eye natural archway Bartholomew
Ness or Whiting Ness a small precipitous headland , pierced with a great cavern Groome
Parkhill an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Parkhill seat Bartholomew
Waulkmills a village Groome
Waulkmills village Bartholomew
Woodville seat Bartholomew
Woodville 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
Abbey 0 2
Arbroath 8 2
Inverbrothock 0 2
Gowanbank 0 2
Auchmithie 0 2
Colliston 0 2
Arbirlot 0 2
Inverkeilor 0 2
Kinnell 0 2
East Haven 0 2
Carmyllie 0 2
Kirkden 0 2
Lunan 0 2
Panbride 0 2
Guthrie 0 2
Carnoustie 0 2
Farnell 0 2
Letham 0 2
Barry 0 2
Maryton 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
ST VIGEANS 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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