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Elliot
OS grid referenceNO619393
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townArbroath
Postcode districtDD11
Dialling code01241
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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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 2 August 2007.