Editing Glamis (section)

==History==
[[File:Glamis village and the distant Grampians.jpg|left|thumb|Glamis, with the [[Grampian Mountains|Grampians]] beyond]]
The vicinity of Glamis has prehistoric traces – within the village, there stands an intricately carved [[Pictish stone]] known as the [[Glamis Manse Stone]]. There are various other Pictish stones nearby the village, such as the [[Hunter's Hill Stone]], and the [[Eassie Stone]], which stands in [[Eassie Old Church]] near the village of [[Eassie]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17730 |title=C.Michael Hogan, ''Eassie Stone'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham, Oct. 7, 2007 |access-date=15 November 2007 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085342/http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17730 |url-status=live }}</ref> The last [[House of Alpin|Alpínid]] king of Scotland, [[Malcolm II of Scotland|Malcolm II]], died at Glamis in 1034.<ref>''Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland'', Adam and Charles Black, Published 1861, Scotland, 635 pages</ref> Some other small fragments of Pictish stones from Glamis are preserved in the [[Meffan Institute]] in [[Forfar]].

On 20 October 1491, [[James IV]] declared it a [[burgh of barony]].<ref>Sir James Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas' Peerage of Scotland'', David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1911 [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun08pauluoft, accessed 11 May 2018]</ref> This gave Glamis the right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair, which was held on 17 November, the feast day of [[Saint Fergus]]. This legacy can be seen in the [[mercat cross]], which still stands in the village square.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glamis/glamis/index.html |title=Glamis Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland |access-date=11 May 2018 |archive-date=19 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119013016/http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glamis/glamis/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The humorous poet [[Agnes Lyon]] lived in the town.<ref>J. C. Hadden, ‘Lyon, Agnes (1762–1840)’, rev. Sarah Couper, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17273, accessed 31 Jan 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125060252/https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-17273 |date=25 November 2023 }}</ref>

Glamis was the location of a flax spinning mill, which in 1818 was leased by William Baxter, who later founded the major Dundee textile firm Baxter Brothers & Co Ltd.<ref name="Mill">{{cite web |title=MS 11 Baxter Brothers & Co Ltd, linen and jute spinners and manufacturers, Dundee |url=http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=24&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27glamis%27%29 |website=Archive Services Online Catalogue |publisher=University of Dundee |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125060246/https://archives.dundee.ac.uk |url-status=live }}</ref>