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Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRIOCKHEIM | Friockheim Friockheim Friockheim |
Fullartons Imperial Gazetteer Statistical Account Revd. [Reverend] James Black Friockheim Manse |
040 | [Situation] At the N.En. [North Eastern] point of Parish. A village in the N.E. [North East] corner of the Parish, & is in itself a Quoad Sacra Parish. It stands nearly in the centre of the maritime division of the county; it is 6½ miles N.W. [North West] by West of Arbroath & 8½ M. [Miles] east of Forfar. It is a place of considerable importance, in the coarse Linen trade, & employs a great number of hand-loom Weavers; it rose suddenly into bulk about the year 1826, by the operatives in connection with the textile manufactures, being induced to Feu houses at a cheap rate, on the estate of Middleton; and it acquired material of importance, first by the construction of the Arbroath and Forfar Railway, & since by the Scottish North Eastern, which joins the former at Guthrie, about 1½ miles east of the Village, there is also a branch going off at Friockheim Station but is not now used. The village contains 2 main streets, besides several smaller ones; the houses which are mostly all one storey in height, are built on a regular plan, & have very clean and [continued page 20] |
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Parish of Kirkden -- Plan 40.5 Trace 2.
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Charles J Fearnside
Sr. R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 57 - Parish of Kirkden, OS1/14/57
This volume contains information on place names found in the Forfarshire parish of Kirkden.
Ordnance Survey - Angus county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Angus, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.