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Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county, OS Name Books - Dunbarton county - Volume 12 - Place names found around Loch Lomond and its islands, OS1/9/12

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County Dumbarton

[Below entry for Castle:]
I see no sufficient authority for the prefix "Lennox" JB

"The Castle of Balloch was
"abandoned before the close of
"the 14th Century for that which
"had been newly erected on
"Inchmuryn by the old
"Earls of Lennox." Orig. Par. Scot. [Origines Parochiales Scotiae]
Vol [Volume] 1 P [Page] 35

"At its southwest end in a grove of venerable oaks, are
the ruins of an ancient Castle, once the residence of the
Earls, and afterwards of the Dukes of Lennox" ( Full. Gazr. [Fullerton's Gazetteer])
"A portion of those lands which belonged to the Earl of
Lennox, seem to have remained in the possession of his
family for we find that the Countess Isabella on being released
from Tantallon, took up her residence on the Island of Inchmurren, Loch Lomond. ( about 1450)
(Irvings History.)

[Below entry for Tom Bay:]
Tom Beith
The pronunciation of Tom Bay is so nearly like Tom Beith That there is
reason to infer that the latter is the proper orthography.

Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county, OS Name Books - Dunbarton county - Volume 12 - Place names found around Loch Lomond and its islands, OS1/9/12

This volume contains information on place names found around Loch Lomond and its islands.

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.

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