A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Brechin. You may be able to find further references to Brechin in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Brechin | a royal and parliamentary burgh and a parish | Groome |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Brechin.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Ardovie | a place | Groome |
| Keithock | seat | Bartholomew |
| Manlesden | a mansion | Groome |
| Maulesden | seat | Bartholomew |
| Muirland | school | Bartholomew |
| Murlingden | a mansion | Groome |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Brechin within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 13, Part 2: Dundee, Aberdeen and the Highlands | 3 |
| William Camden | Scotland: South of the Antonine Wall | 1 |
| William Camden | Scotland: North of the Antonine Wall | 1 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 13, Part 1: Fife and Perth | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1763-4: In Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists"; Exhausting Days | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1765-8: Justice for Methodists; Methodist Character; Instructions to Parents | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1771-3: Windsor Park; Wesley as Art Critic; Glasgow and Perth; Preaches to 30,000 People | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Stracathro | 0 | 2 |
| Farnell | 0 | 2 |
| Careston | 0 | 3 |
| Dun | 0 | 2 |
| Menmuir | 0 | 2 |
| Inglismaldie | 0 | 2 |
| Logie Pert | 0 | 2 |
| Edzell | 0 | 2 |
| Aberlemno | 0 | 2 |
| Maryton | 0 | 2 |
| Kinnell | 0 | 2 |
| Guthrie | 0 | 2 |
| Luthermuir | 0 | 2 |
| Craigo | 0 | 1 |
| Marykirk | 0 | 2 |
| Hillside | 0 | 2 |
| Fern | 0 | 2 |
| Rossie | 0 | 3 |
| Craig | 0 | 2 |
| Montrose | 15 | 3 |