In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Gartmore like this:
Gartmore, a village and a quoad sacra parish in Port of Monteith parish, SW Perthshire. The village stands on the peninsula between the river Forth and Kelty Water, 4½ miles NW of Bucklyvie, and 1 mile from Gartmore station on the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle railway (1882). It has a post office under Stirling, and a free library, the gift of Mr John M'Donald, a Glasgow merchant. ...
Gartmore House, ½ mile NE of the village, is a commodious mansion, a seat of William Cunninghame Graham-Bontine, Esq. of Ardoch and Gartmore (b. 1825; suc. 1863), who owns 2009 acres in Perthshire, 6931 in Stirlingshire, and 1940 in Dumbartonshire, valued respectively at £1499, £4134, and £2662 per annum. The parish, constituted in July 1869, is in the presbytery of Dunblane and synod of Perth and Stirling; its minister's stipend is £120, with a manse. The church, built as a chapel of ease in 1790 at a cost of £400, underwent great improvements in 1872, and contains 415 sittings. There is also a Free church; and Gartmore public and Dalmary sessional school, with respective accommodation for 135 and 54 children, had (1881) an average attendance of 83 and 42, and grants of £78, 10s. 6d., and £43, 0s. 2d. Pop. of q. s. parish (1871) 353, (1881) 718, of whom 343 were in Drymen parish, Stirlingshire.—Ord. Sur., sh. 38, 1871.
Gartmore through time
Gartmore is now part of Stirling district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stirling has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gartmore itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gartmore, in Stirling and Perthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21425
Date accessed: 06th June 2024
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