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Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONTROSE SAW MILLS | Montrose Saw Mills Montrose Saw Mills Montrose Saw Mills |
Mr. Miller Proprietor Printed Bills Mr. Wood |
035 | A number of Saw Mills, and a large timber yard attached on the north side of Southesk Street |
| REMAINS OF THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE PRETENDER LODGED (FEBRUARY 1716) | G.C. Myres Town Clerk Mr. Wood Burgh Surveyor |
035 | "With the first of these affairs Montrose has but slight connexion, it being mostly confined to the fact that the Chevalier de St. George, after a brief sojourn of six weeks in Scotland, stopping a night there & re-embarking for France on the following evening. The house in which he spent the last night of his ill-fated pilgrimage to Scotland is long since removed & a new one built on its site; but the passage through which the Prince & the Earl of Mar went by the garden of the house, is still pointed out, & had been in every respect, most fitting for the occasion. This house & garden is situated at the South end of High Street are now the property of G. Smart Esqr. Corn Merchant." Jervise's Memorials of Angus & Mearns. One of the most ancient houses in the town is famous as being the house in which the Pretender slept the night before his escape Feby [February] 1716 - Old Stat: [Statistical] Account. The whole of the back part of the building remains. It was merely the front that was pulled down and rebuilt. |
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Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 72 - Parish of Montrose, OS1/14/72
This volume contains information on place names found in the Forfarshire parish of Montrose.
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.