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Old Blairgowrie
 The following pages are a reproduction of a booklet entitled:OLD BLAIRGOWRIE – tours history memories tales.It was put together by D Moody from the Blair Library in 1976.CONTENTS: Page NumberFront Cover 1Preface 2 Tours 1 3 & 4Historical Background 1 5 – 7 The Shearer of Glenshee 8 & 9A Tale of the Past 10 – 12 Tours 2 13 & 14Historical Background 2 15 & 16 Thank you Miss Stewart 17 – 19Home was by the Ericht 20 – 23 Tours 3 24 & 25Historical Background 3 26 – 28Blairgowrie Street Plan 29A House Called Brooklinn 30 – 36 Tours 4 37 & 38Sunday with Father 39 & 40Historical Background 4 41 – 43A Farm Boy’s Life at the turnOf the Century 44 – 48 The Station 49 & 50PhotographsGlasclune Castle in its better days 51Craighall 51High Street Blairgowrie in 1904 52Early picture of Allan Street 52 The Mills 53Sangers Circus 54Shop delivery service 54Flooding of the Ericht 1910 55Rosemount Railway Station 55Old Thatched Cottage 56Primitive Interior of Cottage 56Sketch of Blairgowrie 1860 57High Street, Old Rattray 57Rattray High Street 58Gipsy with the dancing bear 58
 
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NOTE ON MAPS: All maps shown are historical maps except for the roads and pathswhich are contemporary. Main roads are in heavier print; minor tracks and roads inlighter print. As well as place names, all of which are old names mentioned in earlycharters, family names are shown in roughly the area over which they had influence.This is true also of monastery lands, it being difficult to be precise about boundaries andplace names in old charters.The historical material is of a provisional nature, the main purpose being to make morewidely available the small amount of existing local historical research.No guarantee is given for the accuracy of this information in many cases; this demandsan original research among source materials which is badly overdue and under presentstandards could be accomplished only by a team project.Many local people have contributed historical information, both published andunpublished and the library wishes to acknowledge the work of Peter Dawson and theDundee College of Education project on the history of local mills and help from MrDavidson, Mr Williamson, and Thomas Thomson (Blairgowrie) Ltd. Mrs Grant andmany others, none of whom are in any way responsible for mistakes andmisinterpretations.Finally the library wishes to thank all the local people who contributed memories andstories which made this book possible and for the interest they took in the storycompetition which led to its conception.BIBLIOGRAPHYThis is a list of the principal sources used in the historical parts of the book. Thosemarked P are obtainable from Perth & Kinross District Libraries; those marked B areheld at Blairgowrie Branch Library; those marked R cannot be removed from librarypremises.Local Sources
IRELAND, W.P. Handbook to Blairgowrie Ireland 1865 (B, R)MACDONALD,J.A.R.The History of Blairgowrie BlairgowrieAdvertiser1899 (B)LIBER ECCLESIEDE SCONMaitland Club 1843 (P)ROGERS, Charles Rental book of the CistercianAbbey of Coupar Angus ( 2 vols)Grampian Club 1879 (P)EASSON D.E Charters of the Abbey of CouparAngus (2 vols)Scottish HistorySociety1947 (P)FRANKLIN, T.B A history of Scottish Farming(much material on Coupar Abbey)Nelson 1952 (B)SINCLAIR, John Statistical Account of Scotland(photocopies of local parishes)1793 (B,R)NEWSTATISTICALACCOUNT OFSCOTLANDBlackwood 1845 (B,R)DAWSON, Peter Mills on the Ericht (Thesis) 1950 (B,R)KEATCH, D.R.A. Windows on the geography of ScotlandDundee College of Education1973 (B,R)D Moody. Blairgowrie Library 1976
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