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History of the Airthrey Estate: Bibliography

Airthrey and Bridge of Allan: a guided walk, Stirling: Forth Naturalist and Historian, 1986

Campbell, Alex R. Airthrey Castle Curling Club: a history, 1878-1998, [Stirling: The Club, 1998]

Dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to 1900, London: OUP, 1959-60.
Contains entries for Robert and James Haldane and Robert Adam.

Fergusson, R. Menzies. Logie: a parish history, Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1905

Goldsmith, Oliver. 'A ballad' in Poems and plays, ed. Tom Davis, London: Dent, 1975
The hermitage described in the poem was Robert Haldane's inspiration for the Airthrey hermitage.

Haldane, Alexander. The lives of Robert and James Haldane, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1990, pp. 40-46, 208-211
Facsimile of 3rd ed. (1853)

'Ice accident at Airthrey' in Stirling journal and advertiser , 22nd February 1901

Lauder, Thomas Dick. Queen Victoria's visit to Stirling 1842 , Stirling: McCutcheon Stirling Collection, 1983
Extract from Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland, originally published in 1843.

Mackay, K. J. H., and Angus, David. Airthrey roads: Captain Haldane's magic roundabout (offprint from Forth naturalist and historian 9 (1984/85): 81-111)
Concentrates on the years 1759-1827, but gives a summary of the earlier period. Also compares all the early maps of the estate.

MacLean, Ella. Bridge of Allan: the rise of a village, Bridge of Allan, 1971

MacLean, Ella. The Airthrey estate: a visitors' guide, Stirling: Airthrey Gardens Group, 1974

Ramsay, John. Scotland and Scotsmen in the eighteenth century , Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1888, vol. 2, pp. 114-115
Mentions the proprietorship of Ralph Dundas of Manour and his son, John.

Roger, Charles. A week at Bridge of Allan..., 2nd ed., Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1853
Written at the time when Bridge of Allan was becoming popular as a spa resort.


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