In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Torry like this:
Torry, a fishing village in Nigg parish, Kincardineshire, on the right hank and near the mouth of the Dee, opposite Aberdeen, with which it now communicates by Victoria Bridge (1881), a ferry-boat accident of 5 April 1877 having cost the lives of 32 out of 60 passengers. It has a post office under Aberdeen, with money order and savings' bank departments, a battery, a pier, large brickworks, a Free church, and a public school. Pop. (1861) 473, (1871) 686, (1881) 1117.—Ord. Sur., sh. 77, 1873.
Torry through time
Torry is now part of Aberdeen district. Click here for graphs and data of how Aberdeen has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Torry itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Torry, in Aberdeen and Kincardineshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21952
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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