Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Crieff. You may be able to find further references to Crieff in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Crieff	a town and a parish	Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Crieff.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Achalhanzie	a detached part of Crieff parish	Groome
Almond Glen, or Sma' Glen		Bartholomew
Broich	an estate, with a mansion	Groome
Callum's Hill	wooded eminence	Bartholomew
Clach-na-Ossian	a large stone	Groome
Clach-na-Ossian	large stone	Bartholomew
Corriemuchloch	hamlet	Bartholomew
Corriemuchloch	a hamlet	Groome
Dunmore	a hill	Groome
Fern-Tower	a mansion	Groome
Glenalmond	either all, or much, or a small part of the vale of the river Almond	Groome
Highlandman	a station	Groome
Inchbrakie	seat	Bartholomew
Inchbrakie	a mansion	Groome
Knock of Crieff	hill	Bartholomew
Shaggie Burn	a stream	Groome
Small (or Sma') Glen		Bartholomew

Travel writing

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 Crieff 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.
Thomas Pennant	July 24-31: Fife and Perthshire	2
James Boswell	September 13th, 1773: Bonnie Prince Charlie's Escape	1
Thomas Pennant	August 30-September 5: The Great Glen and Argyll	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
Monzievaird	0	2
Strathearn	0	2
Monzie	0	3
Drummond Castle	0	2
Strowan	0	2
Muthill	0	2
Abercairny	0	1
Fowlis Wester	0	2
St Davids	0	3
Madderty	0	2
Kinkell	0	2
Comrie	0	3
Trinity Gask	0	2
Auchterarder	0	2
Braco	0	1
Ardoch	0	3
Aberuthven	0	2
Blackford	0	2
Findo Gask	0	3
Amulree	0	2