Gairney-Bridge

Gairney-Bridge: GAIRNEY-BRIDGE, a hamlet, in the parish of Cleish, county of Kinross, 2½ miles (S. by E.) from Kinross; containing 50 inhabitants. This village takes its name from its situation near a bridge over the river Gairney, a stream which rises among the Cleish hills, and discharges itself into Loch Leven, half a mile south of Kinross. There is a Sabbath school, in which are about 130 children. Michael Bruce once taught a school here.

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Michael Bruce — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bruce. Michael Bruce (27 mars 1746 15 juillet 1767) était un poète britannique. Il naquit à Kinnesswood dans la paroisse de Portmoak, dans le comté du Kinross shire (aujourd hui subdivision de Perth and Kinross) … Wikipédia en Français
Michael Bruce (poet) — Michael Bruce Born 27 March 1746(1746 03 27) Portmoak, Kinross shire Died 15 July 1767(1767 07 15) (aged 21) Nationality Scottish Occup … Wikipedia
ERSKINE, EBENEZER — founder of the Secession Church of Scotland, born at Chirnside, Berwickshire; minister at Portmoak for 28 years; took part in the patronage dispute, and was deposed (1733), when he formed a church at Gairney Bridge, near Kinross, the nucleus… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Fossoway — FOSSOWAY, a parish, in the counties of Kinross and Perth, 6 miles (W.) from Kinross, and 8 (N. E. by E.) from Alloa; containing, with the villages of Blairingone, Crook of Devon, and Easter and Wester Gartwhinean, 1724 inhabitants. This parish … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Cleish — CLEISH, a parish, in the county of Kinross, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Kinross; containing, with the villages of Kelty and Maryburgh, 681 inhabitants. This place, of which the name is of uncertain derivation, is distinguished by its having formed … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

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