1800's (1850

1800's (1850 -1899)

1851	Census of Gardenstown and Crovie. Crovie Number of houses = 44 Population = 230 Crovie census is carried out from east to west. Gardenstown Number of houses = 90 Population = 490 Village same size as 1841 census.
1861	Census of Gardenstown and Crovie. Crovie Number of houses = 50 Population = 280 Crovie census is carried out from east to west. Gardenstown Number of houses = 95 Population = 600 Village much the same as last census.
1870	To spare the villagers a two mile walk to church, a small parish church is built in Gardenstown at a place later known as "The Green".
1871	Census of Gardenstown and Crovie. Crovie Number of houses = 56 Population = 300 All censuses of Crovie now carried out from west to east. Gardenstown Number of houses = 120 Population = 800 Although the village now contains more houses, they have mostly been built beside existing homes.
1875	Bracoden School opened. The school is named after the den beside which it is situated, the name meaning "Badgers Den".
1878	Gardenstown now benefits from Telegraph Communication.
1881	Census of Gardenstown and Crovie. Crovie Number of houses = 66 Population = 310 Gardenstown Number of houses = 150 Population = 990 Between 1871 and 1881 the village is enlarged to include Chapel Town (The Green), The Bog, including the Cement House and Harbour Head (Back Road).
1883	Three fishermen, Alexander Watt, William Anderson and his brother James Anderson are drowned trying to enter the "Creek", Crovie. The fourth crew member, Alexander Anderson, succeeded in reaching a large rock with the aid of two oars. Before a harbour was built, the "Creek" (opposite house number 34) was one of the shores used by fishermen. The result of this tragedy was the building of a small harbour in the village.
1891	Census of Gardenstown and Crovie. Crovie Number of houses = 66 Population = 330 The hole through the "Sneuk" was blasted through in about 1885. Gardenstown Number of houses = 170 Population = 1120 Between 1881 and 1891 the village is enlarged to include New Bank (Cassa) and Harbour Street (Brick Row). The harbour is improved and deepened. Stones and rubble, blasted out of the harbour, was used to fill in behind a sea wall built along the New Ground. Three houses and numerous sheds are built at the New Ground during this period.
1893	The schooner "Betty" from Malmo in Sweden, transporting 452 tons of coal from Grangemouth to Inverness, is cast ashore at Gardenstown.
1893	The fishing vessel "Rose" leaves Gardenstown harbour on 16 March 1899 enroute to Balta, Shetland and disappears along with her crew of seven. The crew were: John Watt, Skipper, Gardenstown, aged 33. Married with four children. George Watt, Gardenstown, aged 29. Married with one child. David John Watt, Gardenstown, aged 31. Married with three children. Joseph Watt (Donty), Gardenstown, aged 48. Married with four children. James Watt (Kenny), Gardenstown, aged 21. Single. Gilbert Watt (Kenny), Gardenstown, aged 19. Single. Brother. John William Watt (Curly), Crove, aged 16.

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