Harris, Inverness Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Harris S. part Bartholomew
Harris a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Anabich an island Groome
Anabich island Bartholomew
Bernera island and quoad sacra parish Bartholomew
Boreray an islet Groome
Calligray or Killigray an island Groome
Denishader school Bartholomew
Ensay an islet Groome
Fladda island Bartholomew
Fladda a flat islet Groome
Killigray island Bartholomew
Manish place with school Bartholomew
Miavaig a hamlet Groome
Miavaig hamlet Bartholomew
Obbe village Bartholomew
Pabbay an island Groome
Pabbay island Bartholomew
Rodil, Loch Bartholomew
Roneval mountain Bartholomew
Scalpa island Bartholomew
Scarista school Bartholomew
St Kilda island Bartholomew
Taransay an island Groome
Tarbert hamlet Bartholomew
Tarrensay island Bartholomew

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
Taransay 0 3
Eilean Siar 2 4
Tarbert 0 3
Scalpa 0 2
Pabbay 0 2
Berneray 0 2
Uig 0 2
Shiant Isles 0 2
Eilean An Tighe 0 2
Lochs 0 2
Callernish 0 2
Lochmaddy 0 2
Great and Little Bernera 0 2
Lewis 5 2
North Uist 0 2
Borniskittag 0 2
Kilmuir 0 2
Carloway 0 2
Stornoway 0 4
Ronay 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

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