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== Background == | == Background == | ||
[[Image:Scotland-angus.png|thumb|left | [[Image:Scotland-angus.png|thumb|left]]Angus (formerly Forfarshire until 1928) is a maritime county in the east of [[Scotland]]. It is bounded on the north by the counties of Aberdeen and Kincardine, on the east by the German Ocean, on the south by the Firth of Tay, and on the west by Perthshire. It is about 38 1/2 miles in length and 37 1/2 miles in extreme breadth, comprising an area of 840 square miles or 537,600 acres. The county or area was anciently called Angus after the brother of King Kenneth II to whom it was granted by the king after his victory over the Picts. It was later called Forfarshire after the county town of Forfar. [Apparently the name changed back to Angus in 1950.] | ||
The county is comprised of fifty-five parishes and two civil districts of Forfar and Dundee. The royal burghs are Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, and Brechin. The market-towns are Kirriemuir and Glammis, and there are several smaller towns and villages. | The county is comprised of fifty-five parishes and two civil districts of Forfar and Dundee. The royal burghs are Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, and Brechin. The market-towns are Kirriemuir and Glammis, and there are several smaller towns and villages. | ||
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('''Source:''' Samuel Lewis' ''Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', 2nd ed., 1851. FHL book 941 E5L.) | ('''Source:''' Samuel Lewis' ''Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'', 2nd ed., 1851. FHL book 941 E5L.) | ||
=== Biographies === | === Biographies === | ||
*[http://www.angus.gov.uk/history/features/people/default.htm People of Angus] | Courtesy of the Angus Council | *[http://www.angus.gov.uk/history/features/people/default.htm People of Angus] | Courtesy of the Angus Council | ||