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    1. Re: [ANGUS] Dundee -- Once Forfar now Angus -- When?
    2. Anne Burgess
    3. > >1928 is when Forfarshire reverted to being called > Angus. > for 20 years starting in 1974, the County was > effectively > suppressed, becoming part of Tayside Region. Not strictly true because Angus District Council retained the name, most of the boundaries and some of the functions of the County of Angus from 1974/5 until 1995 > In 1995, > the County name > of Angus was resurrected (although I don't know whether the > "new" Angus > has the same boundaries as the old Not quite - it has the same boundaries as the County of Angus minus the City of Dundee, which includes parts of the parishes of Mains and Strathmartine, Liff and Benvie, and Monifieth. Anne

    07/31/2011 02:04:24