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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 is now part of ABERDEEN CITY City. Click here for graphs and data of how ABERDEEN CITY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Torry itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Torry, in Aberdeen City and Kincardineshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21952
Date accessed: 09th December 2025
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