Volume contents
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- 123 - Dunoon etc , Title page
- 124 - Dunoon etc , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunoon (Contd. [Continued]) | [continued from page 55] at their corners, The coast road - held in trust - proceeds through the village, The streets (except Agnes Street, Wellington Street, Hillfoot Street, Ferry Brae and that part of Argyll Street to the North of Ferry Brae together with the coast road called Morin Place, which are held in trust) are kept up by the feuars, no application of the Police Act having been as yet made, There are the parish Church, a Free Church, a United Presbyterian Ch. [Church] & Scottish Episcopal & Independent Episcopal Chapels, and there have been just erected, a Baptist & a Roman Catholic Chapel, There are two schools in connection with the parish, one for females, and a F.C. [Free Church] School and Industrial School in connection with the Free Church, - There are some handsome & commodious hotels in the village - The ground on which the village is built is principally held off J. McArthur Moir Esqr. of Milton - The origin of the name Dunoon cannot be ascertained, Buchanan calls it Novis-dunum deriving it from Dun a Castle, & Nuadh. New, Others assert that the Castle of Dunoon was formerly a nunnery & that the name came from Dun-no-oigh, which signifies the house of the Virgins" - old Stat [Statistical] Account It is not improbable that the name came from "Dun Maine," The green or pale fortified hill - which supposition is fully borne out by the appearance of the hill on which the Castle stood. |
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Co. [County] Argyll -- Ph. [Parish] of Dunoon
Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 4 - Parishes of Dunoon and Kilmun and Inverchaolain, OS1/2/4
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Dunoon, and Kilmun and Inverchaolain.
Ordnance Survey - Argyll county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Argyll, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.