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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARBROATH | Arbroath Arbroath Alvabrothock or Arbroath Arbroath Arbroath or Aberbrothwick Arbroath Arbroath |
Sheriff's List of meresmen New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Johnston's Co. [County] Maps Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Fullarton's Gazetteer Oliver and Lloyd's Almanack Spotteswoode miscellany vol. [volume] 1 p. [page] 341 |
046 | Situation] In the SE. [South East] end of the County of Forfar This is partly a landward and partly a town parish in the County of Forfar being it is supposed an erection out of the parish of St, Vigeans of the town and royalty of Arbroath into a separate parish about the year 1560. In 1836 the Abbey parish of Arbroath was disjoined quoad Sacra from that of Arbroath. In 1838 a similar disjunction or erection of Ladyloan parish took place. Both these parishes are almost wholly urban. The old parish is bounded on the north by St. Vigeans parish. on the east by the German Ocean, on the south by Arbirlot ph [parish] and west by Arbirlot parish and a detd [detached] portion of St. Vigeans. The extent of sea Coast is abount 1 1/2 miles, The superficial area is about 1,820 English acres, Around the town the soil is rich and fertile but towards the NW. [North West] there is a considerable extent of what was formerly moor-ground the property of the Community and once Covered with fir plantation but which having been fired out is now in a state of Cultivation and interspersed with village. The Brothack a small stream rising in the parish of Kirkden near the north-west boundary of St. Vigeans parish and flowing [continued on page 4] |
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[Page] 3Parish of Arbroath
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