Place:


Almondbank  Perthshire

 

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

Almondbank, a village in the E of Methven parish, Perthshire, on the right bank of the Almond, ¾ mile N by W of a station of its own name on the Caledonian: this station having a telegraph office, and being 4 miles WNW of the post-town Perth. At the village are a post office with money order and savings' bank departments, an inn, 2 bleachfields, and a public school, which, with accommodation for 152 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 83, and a grant of £68, 12s. Pop. (1861) 386, (1871) 371.

Almondbank through time

Almondbank 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 Almondbank itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22387

Date accessed: 16th April 2024


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