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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MONTROSE Montrose
Montrose
Montrose
Montrose
Montrose
Montrose
Montrose
Montrose
New Stat [Statistical] Account
Old Stat [Statistical] Account
Fullarton's Gazeteer
Valuation Roll
Sheriff's Returns
County Map
Memorials of Angus & Mearns
Land of the Lindsays
028; 035 "The ancient name of Montrose seems to have been Celurca, Many derivations have been assigned for its modern appellation. The most probable is from the Gaelic Moinross signifies "the fenny promontory" & it is called by the vulgar, Monross to this day. Buchanan & others have given it a derivation more flattering than just, when they assert, that it properly means the Mount of Roses (Mons Rosarium) Yet in allusion to this fanciful derivation, the seal of the town is impressed with roses; and the motto is "Mare ditat, rosa "decorat", (the sea enriches, & the rose adorns.)"
Old Stat [Statistical] Account.
The parish is bounded on the north by the parishes of Logie Pert and St. Cyrus in Kincardineshire: On the
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