Elliot, Angus

Elliot
Elliot
Elliot shown within Angus
OS grid reference NO619393
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Arbroath
Postcode district DD11
Dialling code 01241
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

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

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 2007-08-02.


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