Place:


Carnoustie  Angus

 

In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Carnoustie like this:

Carnoustie, a coast town and a quoad sacra parish in Barry parish, SE Forfarshire, 2¾ miles N by E of Buddon Ness. The town has a station on the Dundee and Arbroath Joint line, 103/8 miles ENE of the former and 63/8 SW of the latter town; at it are also a post office, with money order, savings' bank, insurance, and telegraph departments, branches of the Bank of Scotland and the North of Scotland Banking Co., a local savings' bank, gas-works, and 4 hotels. ...


Employment is given by 4 large linen mills, extensive vitriol works, and a brick and tile yard; whilst of recent years its fine bathing and spacious golfing links have drawn to Carnoustie many summer visitors, for whose accommodation several good lodging-houses and handsome villas have arisen. The quoad sacra church was built as a chapel of ease in 1838; and other places of worship are a Free, a U.P., a United Original Secession, a Reformed Presbyterian, and an Episcopal church. The last of these, built (1880-81) in the Early English style, will eventually comprise nave, chancel, organ chamber, vestry, and a round tower, 75 feet high, like that of Brechin; but at present consists of only the nave. A public school, with accommodation for 507 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 309, and a grant of £232,5s. The quoad sacra parish is in the presbytery of Arbroath and synod of Angus and Mearns; its minister's stipend is £120. Pop. of q- s. parish (1881) 1998; of town (1851) 1268, (1861) 1488, (1871) 1728, (1881) 2649, or 3289, including its north-eastward suburb, Newton of Panbride and West Haven.—Ord. Sur., sh. 49,1865.

Carnoustie through time

Carnoustie is now part of Angus district. Click here for graphs and data of how Angus has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Carnoustie itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Carnoustie in Angus | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17398

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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