Everything about Invergowrie totally explained
Invergowrie is a village on the north bank of the
River Tay to the west of
Dundee. Although formally incorporated as part of Dundee, it's located in
Perth and Kinross .
The village is served by
Invergowrie railway station.
A village referred to as Invergourin was recorded in 1124. This would suggest that the name was from derived
Scottish Gaelic Inbhir- meaning the mouth, namely Tay, and
-gobhar meaning the place of goats. However, the
Pictish name of Dargie, which refers to the boundary of
Circhen and
Fortriu, and survives in the name of the Invergowrie Church glebe, suggests that the Pictish place name could have been Aberdargie. Notwithstanding, the etymology of the name Invergowrie would appear to be a modern invention. Possibly as a corruption of Gaelic with reference to
Gabráin, the 6th century king of
Dál Riata.
The current village can be traced back to early 18th century, although it wasn't until the coming of the Dundee and Perth railway in 1840s that the village prospered. Paper manufacture was important to the village and persisted until the closure of the Bullionfield Mill in 1964.
On
October 22 1979 a
rail crash occurred after a warning signal was ignored resulting in the death of five people and 51 injuries.
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