In 1882-4, Frances Groome's /Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland/ described Dron like this: *Dron,* a parish of SE Perthshire, whose church stands 2 miles SSE of its station and post-village, Bridge of Earn, that being 3¾ miles SSE of Perth. It includes a detached district separated from the W side of the main body by a strip of Dunbarney, 1 furlong to ¼ mile across; and it is bounded N by Dunbarney, NE and E by Abernethy, SE by the Fifeshire and S by the Perthshire section of Arngask, SW and W by Forgandenny. Its utmost length, from E to W, is 3¼ miles; its breadth, from N to S, varies between 1¼ and 2^7 /8 miles; and its area is 4192^2 /3 acres, of which 631 belong to the detached district, and 5 are water. ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show further information...Hide further information... The Farg winds 3 miles along the south-eastern and eastern border; and in the NE, where it passes off into Abernethy, the surface sinks to 45 feet above sea-level, thence rising to 751 on Balmanno Hill and 950 on Dron Hill-grassy, copsedecked summits of the Ochils these. The rocks are mostly eruptive, but include some sandstone, and show appearances of coal. The soil on the low grounds is chiefly clay and loam, and on the uplands is comparatively light and shallow. About five-eighths of the entire area are in tillage, nearly one-tenth is under wood, and the remainder is pasture. The detached district is called Ecclesiamagirdle, and probably got its name from an ancient chapel of which some fragments still exist. Here and in Dron churchyard are two Martyrs' graves; on Balmanno Hill is a large boulder rocking -stone. Balmanno Castle and Glenearn House are the chief residences; and the property is divided among 7,4 holding each an annual value of £500 and upwards, 1 of between £100 and £500,1 of from £50 to £100, and 1 of from £20 to £50. Dron is in the presbytery of Perth and synod of Perth and Stirling; the living is worth £256. The church is a good Gothic edifice, built about 1826, and containing 350 sittings; the public school, with accommodation for 62 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 44, and a grant of £32,9s. Valuation (1882) £4639,6s. Pop. (1801) 428, (1831) 464, (1861) 376, (1871) 343, (1881) 335.---/Ord. Sur.,/ sh. 48, 1868. Dron through time /A Vision of Britain through Time/ includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Dron has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Perth and Kinross. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Dron and units named after it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Not where you were looking for? Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within /A Vision of Britain through Time/, and maybe some references to other places called "Dron". On 10/14/2010 3:00 AM, perthshire-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Dron Perthshire (Annie) > 2. Re: Dron Perthshire (park louise) > 3. Re: Dron Perthshire (Margaret Woodford) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:48:21 -0400 > From: "Annie"<annandjims@start.ca> > Subject: [PERTHSHIRE] Dron Perthshire > To:<perthshire@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<B3686C0721CC436DA420D24465247DD7@acerc2bdbd400a> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Dear group. > Would any one know where Dron Perthshire is? > Annie. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:57:55 +0100 > From: park louise<medionemeton@blueyonder.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Dron Perthshire > To: Annie<annandjims@start.ca>, perthshire@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimXKivPTW_qQ7uLZAvDRGQu146e7uKV=oVY3Q+L@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > A page on Dron - very close to where I live in case that's of use > > http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=16449 > > Louise > > On 13 October 2010 17:48, Annie<annandjims@start.ca> wrote: > >> Dear group. >> Would any one know where Dron Perthshire is? >> Annie. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:01:35 +0100 > From: "Margaret Woodford"<margaret@laineee.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Dron Perthshire > To: "Annie"<annandjims@start.ca>,<perthshire@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<94D7B76CFE154706A8C88D2DB2220ED6@MargaretLaptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi > > Try this website. > www.visitdunkeld.com/Tour%20Dron%20Parish%20Churchyard%20Sco > > Regards > > Margaret > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the PERTHSHIRE list administrator, send an email to > PERTHSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the PERTHSHIRE mailing list, send an email to PERTHSHIRE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of PERTHSHIRE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 131 > ******************************************

Thanks for this. Annie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rossion Inc" <info@rossion.com> To: <perthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] PERTHSHIRE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 131 In 1882-4, Frances Groome's /Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland/ described Dron like this: *Dron,* a parish of SE Perthshire, whose church stands 2 miles SSE of its station and post-village, Bridge of Earn, that being 3¾ miles SSE of Perth. It includes a detached district separated from the W side of the main body by a strip of Dunbarney, 1 furlong to ¼ mile across; and it is bounded N by Dunbarney, NE and E by Abernethy, SE by the Fifeshire and S by the Perthshire section of Arngask, SW and W by Forgandenny. Its utmost length, from E to W, is 3¼ miles; its breadth, from N to S, varies between 1¼ and 2^7 /8 miles; and its area is 4192^2 /3 acres, of which 631 belong to the detached district, and 5 are water. ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Show further information...Hide further information... The Farg winds 3 miles along the south-eastern and eastern border; and in the NE, where it passes off into Abernethy, the surface sinks to 45 feet above sea-level, thence rising to 751 on Balmanno Hill and 950 on Dron Hill-grassy, copsedecked summits of the Ochils these. The rocks are mostly eruptive, but include some sandstone, and show appearances of coal. The soil on the low grounds is chiefly clay and loam, and on the uplands is comparatively light and shallow. About five-eighths of the entire area are in tillage, nearly one-tenth is under wood, and the remainder is pasture. The detached district is called Ecclesiamagirdle, and probably got its name from an ancient chapel of which some fragments still exist. Here and in Dron churchyard are two Martyrs' graves; on Balmanno Hill is a large boulder rocking -stone. Balmanno Castle and Glenearn House are the chief residences; and the property is divided among 7,4 holding each an annual value of £500 and upwards, 1 of between £100 and £500,1 of from £50 to £100, and 1 of from £20 to £50. Dron is in the presbytery of Perth and synod of Perth and Stirling; the living is worth £256. The church is a good Gothic edifice, built about 1826, and containing 350 sittings; the public school, with accommodation for 62 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 44, and a grant of £32,9s. Valuation (1882) £4639,6s. Pop. (1801) 428, (1831) 464, (1861) 376, (1871) 343, (1881) 335.---/Ord. Sur.,/ sh. 48, 1868. Dron through time /A Vision of Britain through Time/ includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Dron has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Perth and Kinross. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Dron and units named after it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Not where you were looking for? Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within /A Vision of Britain through Time/, and maybe some references to other places called "Dron". On 10/14/2010 3:00 AM, perthshire-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Dron Perthshire (Annie) > 2. Re: Dron Perthshire (park louise) > 3. Re: Dron Perthshire (Margaret Woodford) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:48:21 -0400 > From: "Annie"<annandjims@start.ca> > Subject: [PERTHSHIRE] Dron Perthshire > To:<perthshire@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<B3686C0721CC436DA420D24465247DD7@acerc2bdbd400a> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Dear group. > Would any one know where Dron Perthshire is? > Annie. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:57:55 +0100 > From: park louise<medionemeton@blueyonder.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Dron Perthshire > To: Annie<annandjims@start.ca>, perthshire@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimXKivPTW_qQ7uLZAvDRGQu146e7uKV=oVY3Q+L@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > A page on Dron - very close to where I live in case that's of use > > http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=16449 > > Louise > > On 13 October 2010 17:48, Annie<annandjims@start.ca> wrote: > >> Dear group. >> Would any one know where Dron Perthshire is? >> Annie. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:01:35 +0100 > From: "Margaret Woodford"<margaret@laineee.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Dron Perthshire > To: "Annie"<annandjims@start.ca>,<perthshire@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<94D7B76CFE154706A8C88D2DB2220ED6@MargaretLaptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi > > Try this website. > www.visitdunkeld.com/Tour%20Dron%20Parish%20Churchyard%20Sco > > Regards > > Margaret > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the PERTHSHIRE list administrator, send an email to > PERTHSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the PERTHSHIRE mailing list, send an email to > PERTHSHIRE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of PERTHSHIRE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 131 > ****************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. 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Hi folks, The Parish of Dron has to be one of the "prettiest" parishes in Scotland. As one drives south from Perth to Edinburgh on the motorway, it cuts through the valley and then takes a left hand dog-leg turn right behind Balmanno Castle in which my grandmother was born in 1917. The river just twists and winds gently through the fertile farmland of the valley but in winter after excessive rain it can take on a completely different look with flooding in many of the fields. Mark -----Original Message----- From: perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rossion Inc Sent: 14 October 2010 12:35 To: perthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] PERTHSHIRE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 131 In 1882-4, Frances Groome's /Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland/ described Dron like this: *Dron,* a parish of SE Perthshire, whose church stands 2 miles SSE of its station and post-village, Bridge of Earn, that being 3¾ miles SSE of Perth. It includes a detached district separated from the W side of the main body by a strip of Dunbarney, 1 furlong to ¼ mile across; and it is bounded N by Dunbarney, NE and E by Abernethy, SE by the Fifeshire and S by the Perthshire section of Arngask, SW and W by Forgandenny. Its utmost length, from E to W, is 3¼ miles; its breadth, from N to S, varies between 1¼ and 2^7 /8 miles; and its area is 4192^2 /3 acres, of which 631 belong to the detached district, and 5 are water. ...