Strathmartine

Strathmartine is an area of Angus, Scotland (named after a local mythical hero, ''Strathmartin The Dragonslayer''). It is to the north of Dundee and the surrounding district is often referred to as "the Howe o Strathmartine".

The parishes of Mains and Strathmartine were united on 21 Nov 1792. Anciently, Mains was called Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Earl's Strathdichty, Strathmartine was called Strathdichty Martin. The Dichty Water flows through the parishes.

William Laughton Lorimer, William Lorimer, the classicist, known for producing a translation of the New Testament in Scots language, Lowland Scots was born in Strathmartine. Baldovan village to the north was once the home to Strathmartine Hospital which was a long stay hospital for people with severe learning disabilities.

Notable residents

*Very Rev Francis Nicoll, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1809 and later Principal of St Andrews University was parish minister of Strathmartine from 1799 to 1819.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 7; by Hew Scott
*William Laughton Lorimer, William Lorimer, the classicist, known for producing a translation of the New Testament in Scots language, Lowland Scots was born in Strathmartine.

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A Dundee lass in the Howe o' Strathmartine

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Villages in Angus, Scotland