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.
Tayport (or Ferry-Port-on-Craig), town and par., Fife, on S. side of entrance to Firth of Tay, opposite Broughty Ferry, 3½ miles SE. of Dundee by water and 45½ NE. of Edinburgh by rail - par., 2758 ac., pop. 2818; town, pop. 2630; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Tayport is the southern terminus of a ferry in connection with the railway, and is a bathing resort; there are linen factories, a flax and jute spinning mill, a bobbin factory, and a shipbuilding yard; at Tayport are 2 light-houses (High Lighthouse and Pile Lighthouse), 76 and 53 ft. high, with fixed lights (Tayport, or Port-on-Craig) 80 and 30 ft. above high water and seen 12 and 10 miles.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Ferry Port on Craig ScoP Tayport Burgh Fife ScoCnty |
| Place names: | FERRY PORT ON CRAIG | TAYPORT | TAYPORT OR FERRY PORT ON CRAIG |
| Place: | Ferry Port on Craig |
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