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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Broughty Ferry like this:
Broughty Ferry, quoad sacra par. and town, Dundee and Monifieth pars., Forfarshire, on Firth of Tay, 3½ m. E. of Dundee by rail -- quoad sacra par., pop. 5559; town, pop. 7923; 2 Banks; a ferry across the Firth of Tay, with ry. sta. at Broughty Pier, connects the town with Ferry-Port-on-Craig, commonly called Tayport. Fishing is carried on. Broughty Castle (15th century) stands on the shore. To the NW. of the town are numerous fine residences belonging to Dundee merchants and manufacturers.
Broughty Ferry is now part of DUNDEE CITY City. Click here for graphs and data of how DUNDEE CITY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Broughty Ferry itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broughty Ferry, in Dundee City and Angus | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20506
Date accessed: 11th February 2026
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