Volume contents
- 1 - Kirkintilloch , page 1 (start)
- 10 - Kirkintilloch , page 10
- 20 - Kirkintilloch , page 20
- 30 - Kirkintilloch , page 30
- 40 - Kirkintilloch , page 40
- 50 - Kirkintilloch , page 50
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- 109 - Kirkintilloch , page 109 (end)
- 110 - Kirkintilloch , title page
- 111 - Kirkintilloch , index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRONE | Strone Strone Strone Strone |
New Statistical Account W. Wallace Esq. Pr. [Proprietor] Captn. [Captain] Murray Gartshore David Russell Manager |
025 | The proper application of this name is doubtful, but it is used generally to the Side of the Bar Hill having the Ironstone Pits & the CoKe furnaces near the bottom, on the side of the "Forth & Clyde Canal". As authorized here the name will apply to all the mineral worKings &c. between "Strone Point" (Trace 4. 19A/5) and "Strone Cottage" in the east (Trace 2. 25-3). The name is A very important one in the Parish, being well Known aS "Strone", but it is sometimes commonly given to the Ridge (sketched in a yellow dotted line on Trace) which falls to the "Strone Point" from the north-eastern conical point of "Castle Hill", on which the Trigl. [Trigonometrical] |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 40
Co. [County] Dumbarton -- Kirkintilloch Parish
"Strone, A hill that terminates a range,
the end of a ridge. Jamieson.
Transcriber's notes
Continued on page 41
Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county, OS Name Books - Dunbarton county - Volume 10 - Parish of Kirkintilloch, OS1/9/10
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Kirkintilloch.
Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton 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 Dunbarton, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.