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Pitcairngreen  Perthshire

 

In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Pitcairngreen like this:

Pitcairn (Gael. pitht-a-chairn, 'hollow of the cairn') or Pitcairngreen, a village in Redgorton parish, Perthshire, near the left bank of the Almond, 1½ mile N of Almondbank station, and 4½ miles by road NW of Perth. Founded towards the close of last century on the estate of Lord Lynedoch, and advantageously situated for water power, it was predicted, in a poem by Mrs Cowley, to become a rival to Manchester, but has long ceased, except for being associated with places near it in the works of a factory and two bleaching greens, to give promise of reaching any high destiny. ...


Pitcairnfield, Bridgeton of Pitcairn, Cromwell Park, and Woodend are villages near it; and Pitcairnfield has bleaching works, Cromwell Park has bleaching works and a factory, Bridgeton of Pitcairn has a U.P. church, and Pitcairngreen itself has a Free church and a public school. The U.P. church was built in 1797, and contains 450 sittings. Pop. (1861) 345, (1871) 339, (1881) 301.—Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.

Pitcairngreen through time

Pitcairngreen is now part of Perth and Kinross district. Click here for graphs and data of how Perth and Kinross has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pitcairngreen itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pitcairngreen, in Perth and Kinross and Perthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21593

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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