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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| INCHTURE [parish] | Inchture Ph. [Parish] Inchture Ph. [Parish] Inchture Ph. [Parish] Inchture Ph. [Parish] Inchture Ph. [Parish] Inchture Ph. [Parish] Inchture Ph. [Parish] Inchture Ph. [Parish] |
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Sheriff's List of meresmen Fullarton's Gazetteer Oliver and Boyd's Almanack Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Johnston's Co. [County] Map Stobie's Co. [County] Map Valn. [Valuation] Roll 1857-8 |
087 ; 099 | [Situation] In the east end of Perthshire. A small parish in the eastern side of Perthshire and almost entirely in the district of the Carse of Gowrie. It is bounded on the north by the parish of Abernyte and partly by Longforgan, on the east and North-east by Longforgan, on the South-east by the Firth of Tay, on the South-west by Errol and on the west by Kinnaird. Its distance from Perth is about 13 miles and from Dundee about 9. It is of an elongated but very irregular form and measures about 4 miles from north to south, and about 3 from east to west. The area of the parish as recently computed from the Ordnance Survey plans is 9400.576 imperial acres. The parish with few exceptions is quite level but commands a delightful view of water and hill scenery and is one of most fertile in the rich district in which it lies. The soil is rich carse land or alluvial soil and is well improved by lime and other manure and in the highest state of cultivation producing heavy crops of grain, &c. The parish has several quarries of good freestone. Roads intersect it in every direction. The Dundee and Perth Railway passes through part of it. The present parish comprehends the ancient parishes of Inchture and Rossie which were united in 1670. - This parish is in the presbytery of Dundee and Synod of Angus and Mearns. Patron the Crown. There are no detached portions of Inchture, nor are there any detached portions of any other parish within it. |
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