In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Persie like this:
Persie, a quoad sacra parish of NE Perthshire. Its church, near the right bank of the Black Water, 9 miles NNW of Blairgowrie, was built as a chapel of ease about 1785 at a cost of £150, and contains 400 sittings. Persie is in the presbytery of Meigle and the synod of Angus and Mearns; - its minister's stipend is £120. ...
Three schools-Blacklunans, Strone of Cally, and Drimmie Burn-with respective accommodation for 49, 87, and 58 children, had (1883) an valleys average attendance of 39, 41, and 27, and grants of £53, 5s. 6d., £53, 15s -6d., and £35, 10s. Pop. (1871) 820, (1881) 715, of whom 149 were in Alyth, 216 in Bendochy, 226 in Blairgowrie, 33 in Caputh, 55 in Kirkmichael, 3 in Lethendy, and 33 in Rattray.—Ord. Sur., sh. 56, 1870.
Persie through time
Persie 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 Persie itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Persie, in Perth and Kinross and Perthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22246
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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