Ferryden

Ferryden
Ferryden
	Ferryden Location within Angus
Area	0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi)
Population	1,220 (2022)
• Density	4,692/km2 (12,150/sq mi)
Demonym	Ferrydenner
OS grid reference	NO7156
Council area	Angus;
Lieutenancy area	Angus;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Montrose
Postcode district	DD10
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Angus;
Scottish Parliament	Angus North and Mearns;
	List of places UK Scotland 56°41′N 2°28′W / 56.69°N 2.47°W

Ferryden is a village in Angus, Scotland in the community council area of Ferryden & Craig. It lies southerly adjacent to the town of Montrose on the south bank of the South Esk and is considered a fringe locality of Montrose, being connected to the latter by the former Rossie Island, now home to shipping facilities and Montrose Port Authority.

History

Ferryden owes its name to the ferry crossing that crossed the South Esk river to and from Montrose, with the earliest record of a ferry crossing being recorded in 1178 when King William the Lion granted the ferryboat of Montrose and its lands to Arbroath Abbey. The village itself began to grow in the 1700s when fishermen from the North East were encouraged to settle by Patrick Scott of Rossie.^[2]

Geography

Ferryden was joined to Rossie Island, a former island at the mouth of the South Esk in the late 20th century by infilling.^[3] The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica lists the population of the island (160) as separate from the village of Ferryden (1330):^[4]

In the mouth of the channel of the South Esk lies the island of Rossie, or Inchbrayock (pop. 160), which in 1829 was connected with the burgh by means of a suspension bridge 432 ft. long and by a drawbridge with the south bank near the fishing village of Ferryden (pop. 1330). The harbour lies between the suspension bridge and the sea, and is provided with a wet dock.^[4]