North Knapdale, Argyll : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Knapdale, North parish Bartholomew
Knapdale, North a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Ashfield a hamlet, with a public school Groome
Ashfield hamlet with public school Bartholomew
Auchnamara a burn Groome
Bellanoch village with public school Bartholomew
Bellanoch a village, with a public school Groome
Castle-Swin a ruined fortalice Groome
Craigdaimve a sea inlet Groome
Danna an inhabited island Groome
Danna island Bartholomew
Inchcormac island Bartholomew
Inchcormac an islet Groome
Keills a hamlet and a promontory Groome
Keills promontory Bartholomew
Kilmichael village Bartholomew
Kilmichael Inveriussa village Bartholomew
Tayvallich hamlet with school Bartholomew
Ulva island Bartholomew

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
Keills 0 2
Crinan 1 2
Ardrishaig 0 2
Lochgilphead 0 2
Knapdale 1 2
Kilmory 0 2
Caolisport 0 3
Glassary 0 3
South Knapdale 0 2
Eilean Mor 0 2
Fyne 6 2
Kilmartin 0 2
Lochgair 0 2
Corryvreckan 1 2
Kilfinan 0 2
Jura 2 3
Tarbert 2 1
Scarba 1 2
Ford 0 2
Craignish 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

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  • 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.