In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Blairburn like this:
Blairburn, a village in Culross parish, Perthshire, adjacent to the river Forth, in the vicinity of Culross town. Blair Castle, a handsome modern mansion (Mrs Gallwey), 1¼ mile W of Culross, occupies the site of a mansion said to have been built about the time of the Reformation by Archbishop Hamilton of St Andrews.
Blairburn through time
Blairburn is now part of Fife district. Click here for graphs and data of how Fife has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Blairburn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blairburn, in Fife and Perthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22414
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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