Volume contents
- 1 - Arrochar , page 1 (start)
- 10 - Arrochar , page 10
- 20 - Arrochar , page 20
- 30 - Arrochar , page 30
- 40 - Arrochar , page 40
- 50 - Arrochar , page 50
- 60 - Arrochar , page 60
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- 80 - Arrochar , page 80
- 85 - Arrochar , page 85 (end)
- 86 - Arrochar , title page
- 87 - Arrochar , index
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CULAG | Culag Culag Culag Culag |
Rev. [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan Rev. [Reverend] D. Campbell Coll Lindsay, Farmer Rent Receipt |
010 | A good farm steading the property of Sir James Colquhoun Bart. [Baronet]. This name signifies a small nook. |
DUN MOR | Dun Mor Dun Mor Dun Mor Dun Mor |
Rev [Reverend] D. Campbell Rev. [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan Coll Lindsay Peter Turner |
010 | A name applied to two small rocky knolls, at the foot of "Ben Dhubh," on the side of the T.P. [Turn Pike] road from Dumbarton to Inverary, about 30 chains north of "Uray". |
URAY | Uray Uray Uray |
Montague Martin Esqr. Factor Peter Turner Coll Lindsay |
010 | An old Cothouse the property of Sir James Colquhoun Bart [Baronet]. Dr. [Doctor] McFarlan supposes this name to be a corruption of Urfhaiche which signifies Newfield. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Co [County] Dumbarton
[Below entry for Culag:]
"Cùlag, (G) [Gaelic]. May signify a little nook
Cùl. The back of anything; as "Cùl na beinne" The back, or
secluded part of the mountain, Ag, a diminutive termination.
[Below entry for Dun Mor:]
Dùn. A hillock, a mount
Mòr. Great. Gael. [Gaelic]
[Below entry for Uray:]
Ùr, (G) [Gaelic] New, fair, &c.
Fhairhe (G. [Gaelic] from Fairhe) A field
Ordnance Survey - Dunbarton county, OS Name Books - Dunbarton county - Volume 3 - Parish of Arrochar, OS1/9/3
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Arrochar.
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.