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A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
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 |
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.
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 |