Volume contents
- 1 - Buchanan , page 1 (start)
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- 193 - Buchanan , title page
- 194 - Buchanan , index
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Buchanan | Buchanan Buchanan Buchanan Buchanan Buchanan Buchanan |
Old Statistical Account New Statistical Account Origines Parochiales ScotiƦ Sheriff's Returns Fullarton's Gazetteer County Map |
" This parish was formerly called Inchcailloch, the name of an island in Lochlomond, where the Church was till the year 1621, when a considerable part of the parish of Luss, at that time on this side of the loch, was annexed to the parish of Inchcailloch. Some years after the Annexation, the walls of the Church in Inchcailloch failing, & the people likewise not finding it convenient every sabbath, especially in stormy weather, to be crossing over to the island, worship was performed in a church near the house of Buchanan, which was originally a Chapel of Ease belonging to the parish of Luss. From this chapel, which was called the Church or Chapel of Buchanan, the whole united parish came by degrees to be called the parish of Buchanan. Inchcailloch signifies "the island of the Old Women:" so called because in former times there was a nunnery there." Old Stat [Statistical] Account "The parish is in the western extremity of Stirlingshire, is bounded by Lochlomond on the West; by [continued on page 2] |
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Ordnance Survey - Stirling county, OS Name Books - Stirling county - Volume 6 - Parish of Buchanan, OS1/32/6
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Buchanan.
Ordnance Survey - Stirling 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 Stirling, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.