Forgandenny - A Place in History

There have been many families in the parish. The main influences in the past have been the noble families of Berkeley, Lyon, Stewart, Haliburton, Oliphant, Spens and Ruthven whose span covered hundreds of years. The book gives details of the foundation and tenure of these families and their related cadets, as well as their influences nationally and internationally. The nineteenth century families of Wood, Bell and Calder did much to guide the parish into the modern times. The book does not ignore less noble families and gives a lot of information on countless others whose influence sustained and modified the parish in time with the age.

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Forgandenny Cricket Club, captained by John Stephenson, made their first public foray into the Perth League on Saturday May 27th 1899 with a home match against the Caledonian Railway XI from Perth. The match was played in the village near the front gates of Freeland on the old Minister’s Park now renamed the Cricket Park. Three weeks later the team, with the skills of the Freeland butler Henry Benstead and the footman William Hailes, played a Sunday game away at Bridge of Earn, against a team captained by Alex Buchan Stevens of Kilgraston Mains.