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 Perth. You may be able to find further references to Perth in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Perth | Groome | |
| Perth, District of | one of the districts into which Perthshire was divided by Act of Parliament | 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 Perth 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 1: Fife and Perth | 13 |
| Thomas Pennant | July 24-31: Fife and Perthshire | 11 |
| William Camden | Scotland: North of the Antonine Wall | 5 |
| James Boswell | August 24th to 26th, 1773: Aberdeen to Forres | 2 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 13, Part 2: Dundee, Aberdeen and the Highlands | 2 |
| John Wesley | 1771-3: Windsor Park; Wesley as Art Critic; Glasgow and Perth; Preaches to 30,000 People | 2 |
| John Wesley | 1765-8: Justice for Methodists; Methodist Character; Instructions to Parents | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | August 7-13: Aberdeen and the North East | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | August 14-18: Inverness and the Black Isle | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | August 30-September 5: The Great Glen and Argyll | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | Appendix II: Of Elgin and the Shire of Murray | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | Appendix III: The Life of James Crichton of Clunie | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | Appendix VIII: Itinerary | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgend | 0 | 2 |
| Scone | 14 | 2 |
| Kinnoull | 0 | 2 |
| Bertha | 0 | 2 |
| Moncreiffe | 0 | 2 |
| Huntingtower | 0 | 2 |
| Dunbarney | 0 | 2 |
| Aberdalgie | 0 | 2 |
| Rhynd | 0 | 2 |
| Kinfauns | 0 | 2 |
| Bridge of Earn | 0 | 3 |
| Almondbank | 0 | 2 |
| Redgorton | 0 | 2 |
| Forgandenny | 0 | 2 |
| Pitkeathly | 0 | 3 |
| Balthayock | 0 | 2 |
| Pitcairngreen | 0 | 2 |
| Tibbermore | 0 | 2 |
| Luncarty | 0 | 2 |
| Dupplin | 0 | 2 |