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"COUPAR-ANGUS, town and parish partly in Forfarshire, but chiefly in Perthshire. The town stands near the Isla, on a small affluent of that river 12¾ miles by road, but 15¾ miles by rail, north-east-by-north of Perth; adjoins the site of a Roman camp and vestiges of an ancient abbey; dates from old times, and has undergone much recent improvement; carries on linen manufacture and other industries; and has a head post office with all departments, a railway station, 3 banking offices, a hotel and inns, a town hall, a new water supply of 1874, Established, Free, United Presbyterian, Original Secession, Evangelical Union, and Episcopal churches, and a public school of 1877 for about 500 scholars. Pop. 2154. - The parish contains also the villages of Balbrogie, Longluis, and Washington, and measures about 5 miles in length and from about 1½ to 2½ miles in breadth. Acres in Forfarshire, 184; in Perthshire, 4515. Real property in 1880-81, £1790 and £14,312. Pop. 256 and 2281. The surface is part of Strathmore, bisected by a ridge, commanding a splendid view."
Wilson, Rev. John, The Gazetteer of Scotland,1882.
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Coupar Angus Churchyard
Coupar Angus cemetery
The interment registers for both are available at the local council offices in Blairgowrie. Please consult the cemeteries page
There are pre-1855 inscriptions available for 1 in Monumental inscriptions (pre-1855) in North Perthshire.
The GRO(S) Ref. No. is 279. Please consult the county page for general information.
| St Anne, Coupar-Angus, Scottish Episcopal |
| Queen Street, Coupar-Angus, Church of Scotland |
Please consult the county page for general information.
Church of Scotland (OPR)
GRO(S) Ref. No. 279/1 B 1683-1775 M- D- 279/2 B 1775-1819 M- D- 279/3 B- M 1682-1819 D 1747-1793 279/4 B 1820-54 M 1820-54 D- Burials 1849 are in the National Archives of Scotland, Ref: CH2 395 7
Kirk Session records, 1771-1977 (minutes, accounting records, communion rolls, marriage register), are in the National Archives of Scotland, Ref: CH2
- The transcription of the section for Cupar Angus from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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