Builth Wells, Brecknockshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Kilbride, West small town and parish with railway station Bartholomew
Kilbride, West a small town Groome
West Kilbride Bartholomew

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

Place Type of entry Source
Ardneil Bank a sea cliff Bartholomew
Ardneil Bank a mural cliff Groome
Auld-hill a hill Groome
Auldhill hill Bartholomew
Drummiiling an estate Groome
Drummilling estate Bartholomew
Farland Head promontory Bartholomew
Goldberry a precipitous seaward hill Groome
Gourock Burn stream Bartholomew
Hunterston a handsome mansion Groome
Hunterston House seat Bartholomew
Law Castle ruined tower Bartholomew
Law Castle a stately ruined tower Groome
Southannan estate Bartholomew
Southannan an estate Groome

Travel writing

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

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Hunterston 0 2
Ardrossan 2 3
Little Cumbrae 0 2
Fairlie 0 2
Millport 0 2
Saltcoats 0 2
Cumbrae 0 3
Stevenston 0 2
Dalry 0 2
Blair 0 2
Ardeer 0 2
Kilwinning 0 2
Largs 2 2
Kilchattan 0 2
Kilbirnie 0 2
Glengarnock 0 2
Kingarth 0 2
Mountstuart 0 2
Fullarton 0 2
Irvine 10 4

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
KILBRIDE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
KILBRIDE WEST John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
WEST KILBRIDE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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