Descriptive gazetteer entries

We have no further entries in our collection of 19th century descriptive gazetteers about Gamrie, but we do have this information about localities within the associated parish or parishes. You may be able to find further references to Gamrie in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Afforsk a picturesque ravine Groome
Afforsk ravine Bartholomew
Bleedy Pots a precipitous place Groome
Bracoden a deep narrow glen Groome
Clenterty school Bartholomew
Crovie fishing village Bartholomew
Crovie a fishing village Groome
Cullykhan a romantic ravine Groome
Cullyknan romantic ravine Bartholomew
Dubford a hamlet Groome
Dubston a hamlet Groome
Findon a farm Groome
Findon farm Bartholomew
Gardenstown fishing village Bartholomew
Hells Lum large cavern Bartholomew
Longmanhill a village Groome
Longmanhill village Bartholomew
Needle's Eye coastal cave Bartholomew
Protstownhill hamlet Bartholomew
Protstownhill a village Groome
Troup House seat Bartholomew
Troup House a mansion Groome

Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Gamrie like this:

Gamrie, coast par., Banffshire, 17,041 ac., pop. 6756; contains Macduff; the ruins of the ancient church (St John's; said to have been founded 1004) are at the head of Gamrie Bay, # mile W. of Gardenstown.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Gamrie by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Gardenstown 0 1
Troup 0 2
Pennan 0 2
Byth 0 2
Craigston 0 2
Aberdour 0 2
Newbyth 0 2
Macduff 0 2
King Edward 0 2
Duff House 0 2
Pitsligo 3 4
Banff 10 2
Tyrie 0 2
Alvah 0 2
Cuminestown 0 3
Monquhitter 0 2
Rosehearty 0 2
Turriff 0 2
Whitehills 0 2
Boyndie 0 2