Doncaster, Yorkshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Gamrie. You may be able to find further references to Gamrie in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Gamrie coastal parish Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Gamrie.

Place Type of entry Source
Afforsk a picturesque ravine Groome
Afforsk ravine Bartholomew
Bleedy Pots a precipitous place Groome
Bracoden a deep narrow glen Groome
Clenterty school Bartholomew
Crovie fishing village Bartholomew
Crovie a fishing village Groome
Cullykhan a romantic ravine Groome
Cullyknan romantic ravine Bartholomew
Dubford a hamlet Groome
Dubston a hamlet Groome
Findon a farm Groome
Findon farm Bartholomew
Gardenstown fishing village Bartholomew
Hells Lum large cavern Bartholomew
Longmanhill a village Groome
Longmanhill village Bartholomew
Needle's Eye coastal cave Bartholomew
Protstownhill hamlet Bartholomew
Protstownhill a village Groome
Troup House seat Bartholomew
Troup House a mansion Groome

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Gardenstown 0 1
Troup 1 2
Pennan 0 2
Byth 0 2
Craigston 2 2
Aberdour 0 2
Newbyth 0 2
Macduff 0 2
King Edward 3 2
Duff House 1 2
Pitsligo 3 4
Banff 18 2
Tyrie 0 2
Alvah 0 2
Cuminestown 0 3
Monquhitter 0 2
Rosehearty 0 2
Turriff 0 2
Whitehills 0 2
Boyndie 1 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Gamrie. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
GAMRIE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.