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Tobermory, seaport vil., police burgh, and quoad sacra par., Kilninian and Kilmore par., Mull island, Argyllshire, on Sound of Mull, 28 miles NW. of Oban - quoad sacra par., pop. 1342; vil., pop. 1200; police burgh, pop. 1131; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Tobermory was founded in 1788 by the British Fisheries Company. It has a good natural harbour and a new pier, and regular communication by steamer with Oban and Glasgow.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "seaport village" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | Tobermory Burgh Argyll County |
| Place: | Tobermory |
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