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Excerpt from Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, Vol. 6: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical, and Historical The village consists mainly of one street, built along either side of General Wade's highroad between Dunkeld and Blair Athole, but at the little bridge which spans a small burn tributary to the Tummel near the centre of the village, another road leads uphill to one or two newer and shorter rows of houses. Till lately, Pitlochrie had no Established church nearer than Moulin, though services were conducted in the public school. But in September 1883, there was laid the foundation-stone of a new Norman Gothic church, which is estimated to cost GBP2000, and will accommodate 468 persons. A special feature in its interior arrangement is the posi tion, in the tower, and immediately behind the pulpit, of a class-room, which, by the removal of a screen, will afford in summer, additional accommodation for 40 persons. The neat Free church, on the slope overlook ing the main street, was built to supersede the older structure, raised at the Disruption in 1843, about a mile to the N, and afterwards used as a school. At the SW end of the village is the Gothic Episcopal church of the Holy Trinity (1858 125 sittings), surrounded with a neatly laid-out garden. A Baptist church, with 300 sittings, was erected in 1884. The Athole hydro pathic establishment is a very large and striking build ing, and occupies an elevated site to the S of the town, commanding a lovely and extensive view. It was built in 1875 at a cost of or and it is sur rounded with tastefully laid-out grounds, extending to between 30 and 40 acres, and access is obtained to it by an avenue which gradually ascends from the lodge on the level of the public road. The public school occupies a building formerly belonging to the Estab lished church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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