Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Carmylie

Carmylie, par. and vil., SE. Forfarshire, 6½ miles NW. of Arbroath, 7553 ac., pop. 1137; P.O., called Carmyllie; has extensive sandstone and pavement quarries, connected by the Carmylie Ry. with the Arbroath and Dundee branch of the Caledonian Ry. at Elliot Junction. The Rev. Patrick Bell (1800-1869), inventor of the reaping-machine, was minister from 1843.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Carmyllie ScoP       Angus ScoCnty
Place names: CARMYLIE     |     CARMYLLIE
Place: Carmyllie

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