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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Craigo, a village, with a public school, in Logiepert parish, Forfarshire, on the North Esk's right bank, with a station on the Aberdeen section of the Caledonian, 3¼ miles NNW of Dubton Junction, and 6½ NNW of Montrose. Craigo House, 1½ mile S by E of Craigo station, is the property of Thos. Macpherson-Grant, Esq., W. S. (b. 1815; suc. his cousin, Thos. Carnegy, Esq., 1856), who holds 4713 acres in the shire, valued at £7082 per annum. Pop. of village (1861) 359, (1871) 376, (1881) 124, a decrease due to the stoppage of a flax spinning-mill and a bleachfield. See logiepert.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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