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KINFAUNS Kinfauns Ph. [Parish]
Kinfauns Ph. [Parish]
Kinfauns Ph. [Parish]
Kinfauns Ph. [Parish]
Kinfauns Ph. [Parish]
Kinfauns Ph. [Parish]
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
Sheriffs List of
meresmen
Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
Fullarton's Gazetteer
Johnston's Co. [County] Map
Valn. [Valuation] Roll 1857
098 ; 099 [Situation] On the eastern side of Perthshire]
A parish at the western extremity of the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire. On the west it commences about 1½ mile below the town of Perth and thence Stretches eastward in an irregular figure of above five miles long and between two and three broad. It is bounded on the north by Kinnoull and Kilspindie, on the east by Erroll, on the SE. [South East] by St Madoes, and a detached part of Kinnoull, and on the South and west by the River Tay, which divides it from Rhynd and Perth. The Tay touches it over a distance of nearly 4 miles. The surface of the parish is very varied and considered beautiful and romantic. The lands on the banks of the river are flat and at the western end form a narrow belt, land rapidly expand eastward into the Carse of Gowrie.

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Parish of Kinfauns

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