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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Culcreuch, an estate, with a mansion, in Fintry parish, Stirlingshire. The mansion, standing 1¼ mile NNW of Fintry village and 5 miles E by S of Balfron, is a fine edifice, with beautiful grounds. Its present owner is Sir Geo. Home-Speirs, tenth Bart. since 1671 (b. 1832; suc. 1849), who in 1858 married the niece and heiress of the late Alex. G. Speirs, Esq. of Culcreuch, and who holds 7172 acres in the shire, valued at £2098 per annum. A large cotton factory, 5 furlongs SW of the mansion, near Newtown village, was erected by the proprietor of the estate about 1796.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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