A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Linlathen, a spacious mansion in Monifieth parish, Forfarshire, on the left bank of Dighty Water, 2 ¼ miles N of Broughty-Ferry. Its owner, James Erskine Erskine, Esq. (b. 1826), holds 1619 acres in the shire, valued at £4447 per annum. He succeeded his uncle, Thomas Erskine, LL.D. (1788-1870), who was author of some well-known religious works, and whose Memoir has been written by Principal Shairp. A large cairn, called Cairn-Greg, stands a little to the N, and is said to commemorate a famous chieftain of the name of Greg or Gregory, who fell in battle here.—Ord. Sur., sh. 49, 1865.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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