Elliot, Angus

Elliot is a coastal hamlet in the county of Angus, Scotland, on the westernmost edge of Arbroath on the A92 road. The Elliot Water reaches the North Sea at Elliot.[1]

Elliot
Elliot
Location within Angus
OS grid referenceNO619393
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townArbroath
Postcode districtDD11
Dialling code01241
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

In 1906 Elliot Junction station (now demolished) was the site of a major railway accident in which 22 passengers were killed.[2]

Elliot Water, near Elliot, frozen over

References
  1. "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7
  2. Pringle, Maj J W. "Board of Trade Railway Department Inquiry into accident at Elliot Junction on 28th December 1906" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2007.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.