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Almondbank, a village in the E of Methven parish, Perthshire, on the right bank of the Almond, ¾ mile N by W of a station of its own name on the Caledonian: this station having a telegraph office, and being 4 miles WNW of the post-town Perth. At the village are a post office with money order and savings' bank departments, an inn, 2 bleachfields, and a public school, which, with accommodation for 152 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 83, and a grant of £68, 12s. Pop. (1861) 386, (1871) 371.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Methven ScoP Perthshire ScoCnty |
Place: | Almondbank |
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