Volume contents
- 1 - Various Parishes , Page 1 (start)
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- 65 - Various Parishes , Title page
- 66 - Various Parishes , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KINTYRE | Kintyre Kintyre Kintyre Kintyre Kintyre Kintyre Cantire |
New Stat [Statistical] Account Old Stat [Statistical] Account Fullarton's Gazetteer Wilson's Archaeology Origines Parochiales Oliver & Boyd's Almanac Johnstone's Coy. [County] Map |
Various | A large district in the Southern Division of Argyllshire. It is a peninsula lying between the Firth of Clyde & the Atlantic Ocean and jopined to Knapdale by the narrow isthmus of Tarbert. It extends about 40 miles from North to South and is about 6 1/2 miles in breadth consisting partly of low and partly of high land and embraces the parishes of Campbelton, Gigha, Cara, Kilberry & Kilcolmonell, and Killean & Kilkenzie, Saddle & Skipness and Southend. It contains several villages; but the only town of consequence ids the Royal burgh of Campbelton; This district has singularly enough up to the 17th. century been reckoned among the South Isles: and its history is mixed up with theirs: The origin of this was a [continued on page 2] |
Continued entries/extra info
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Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 75 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets CCLI, CCLII, CCLXI, CCLXII, CCLXIII, CCLXIV, CCLXV, CCLXVI, CCLXVIA and CCLXVII, OS1/2/75
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Southend and Campbeltown.
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.