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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| HELENSBURGH (Continued) | [continued from page 109] lighted with gas. The burgh contains 5 Churches Viz. A Chapel of Ease, a "Free Church", a "U.P. [United Presbyterian] Church" and an "Independent" and "Episcopalian Chapels". There are Schools in connection with the Chapel of Ease, "Free Church", and "Episcopalian Chapel". There are also an "Academy" and "Industrial School" in the burgh. The terminus of the "G.D. &. H [Glasgow, Dumbarton & Helensburgh] Railway" is in the centre of the town. There are branches of the "Clydesdale" & "Union Banks". There is an extensive "Gas Work" for supplying the inhabitants. A "Flour Mill" the property of Sir J. Colquhoun is at the North of the town. The business of the burgh is transacted in a "Hall" for that purpose near the Raily. Statn. [Railway Station]. A well laid out Cemetery has recently been formed at the extreme East, and a piece of ground granted by Sir James Colquhoun to the inhabitants is in process of being converted into an ornamental park for their recreation. The Burgh contains two Hotels, one of them , the "Queen's" of a first class description, the other is also a good Hotel. There is also a good "Inn" in "Sinclair Street". Constant communication is kept up with "Greenock" by means of Steamboats for the accomodation of whose passengers a stone "Pier" of considerable length stretches into the Clyde. "In terms of the Charter the town is authorized to hold a weekly market on Thursdays, and four annual fairs. |
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Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county, OS Name Books - Dunbarton county - Volume 17 - Parish of Row, OS1/9/17
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Row.
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.