Douglastown, Angus
From Wikishire
| Douglastown | |
| Angus | |
|---|---|
 Douglastown near Forfar | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NO417473 |
| Location: | 56°36’50"N, 2°57’5"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Forfar |
| Postcode: | DD8 |
| Dialling code: | 01307 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Angus |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Angus |
Douglastown is a hamlet in Kinnettles in Angus, three miles south-west of Forfar.
The village takes its name from the landowner who in about 1789 provided land for James Ivory & Co. (in which Mr Douglas was a partner) to build a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnabruks (named from the town of Osnabrück in Hanover, where it was originally made). The hamlet of Douglastown was built to house the workers.
The mill used flax-spinning technology invented by John Kendrew and Thomas Porthouse of Darlington, patented in 1787. It closed in 1834.
References
- A. J. Wardey, The linen trade: ancient and modern (1864; repr. 1967), 458 511 689-91
