Tour Scotland Spring, Easter Friday travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, on the A85 road to visit Comrie in Perthshire. Comrie, Gaelic: Cuimridh; Pictish: Aberlednock; is a village and parish in the southern Highlands of Scotland, towards the western end of the Strathearn district of Perth and Kinross, seven miles West of Crieff. Comrie is a historic conservation village, situated in a national scenic area around the river Earn. Its position on the Highland Boundary Fault accounts for it experiencing more earth tremors than anywhere else in Britain. It is twinned with Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.
The recorded spelling variations of the name Comrie include Comri, Comry, Combry, Comerie, Comerbrie, Cumry, Comrie, Comrye, Comerye, Comerbry, Cromerbyre, Combrie, Combrai, Comrai, Comraie, Combraie, Combrey, Comerie and many more.
Mary Comrie, a Scottish settler, from Dumbarton travelled from London, England, aboard the ship Royal Stuart arriving in Lyttlelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 8th October 1861; David Comrie, aged 36, a Scottish ploughman, from Dumbarton travelled from London aboard the ship Royal Stuart arriving in Lyttlelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 8th October 1861; Ann Comrie, aged 21, a Scottish dairy maid, from Perthshire travelled from London aboard the ship Ramsey arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 17th June 1870; Margaret Comrie arrived in Virginia, America, in 1739; Mike Comrie, aged 23, landed in America from Glasgow, in 1905; Tom Comrie, aged 25, landed in America from Coatbridge, in 1905; William Comrie, aged 30, landed in America from Alva, in 1907;
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