In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Meikleour like this:
Meikleour House, a mansion in Caputh parish, Perthshire, near the left bank of the river Tay, ¾ mile above the Isla's influx, 2 miles NNW of Cargill station, and 4 S by W of Blairgowrie. As greatly enlarged in 1869 from designs by the late David Bryce, R.S.A., it is a stately château-like building, with extensive vineries and finely wooded grounds, its great beech hedge (1746) being 80 feet high and 1/3 mile long. ...
It is the seat of the Dowager Marchioness of Lansdowne (b. 1819; suc. 1867), who in 1874, as sixth descendant of the first Lord Nairne (cre. 1681), was declared heir to the title of Baroness Nairne. She holds 9070 acres in the shire, valued at £8026 per annum. (See Auchtergaven.) Meikleour village, 5 furlongs N by E of the mansion, has a post office under Perth, an inn, a ` tron and jougs, a cross (1698), and fairs on the fourth Friday of June, the third Friday of August, and the fourth Friday of October.—Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868. See chap. xxxi. of Thos. Hunter's Woods and Estates of Perthshire (Perth, 1883).
Meikleour through time
Meikleour is now part of Perth and Kinross district. Click here for graphs and data of how Perth and Kinross has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Meikleour itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Meikleour, in Perth and Kinross and Perthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21790
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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