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Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 5 - Parish of Alyth, OS1/25/5

Continued entries/extra info

[page] 19j

Alyth Parish
Sheet 22

The following description of the
Black Water is upon the authorities
bracketed opposite -

David Fleming, Whitehouse
James Fleming, Ley Hillock
John Ferguson, Schoolmaster, Drumfork

" A well known name applied
to a water or river in the
north of the Parish of Kirkmichael
Perthshire, flows southward and
bears the name "River Shee" till it
forms part of the Boundary between
the Counties of Perth & Forfar, thence
it is called Black Water to its
junction with the River Ericht near
Bridge of Cally."

From the description in the
Gazetteer the "Shee" appears to be the
name of the River from its source till
it is joined by the Airdle. The Airdle
to the Ericht or Erroch ...

Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 5 - Parish of Alyth, OS1/25/5

This volume contains information on the parish of Alyth.

Ordnance Survey - Perth 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 Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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