Priors Marston, Warwickshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Minnigaff parish and hamlet Bartholomew
Minnigaff a hamlet and a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Bargaly an estate, with the seat Groome
Bargaly seat Bartholomew
Blackcraig village Bartholomew
Creebridge village Bartholomew
Creebridge a village, with a public school Groome
Cumloden a summer residence Groome
Dungeon, Dry, Round, and Long Lochs of the series of small lochs Bartholomew
Enoch a desolate granite-bound loch Groome
Garlies a ruined castle Groome
Garlies Castle ruin Bartholomew
Glen Trool glen Bartholomew
Kirroughtree seat Bartholomew
Kirroughtree or Kirouchtree a mansion, with finely wooded grounds Groome
Machermore Castle an old square tower Groome
Machermore Castle old square tower Bartholomew
Merrick mountain Bartholomew
Neldricken, Loch an isleted lake Groome
Palnure village with railway station Bartholomew
Palnure Burn a rivulet Groome
Penkill Burn Bartholomew
Stronord school Bartholomew
Trool, Loch a beautiful lake 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
Newton Stewart 0 2
Penninghame 0 2
Galloway 0 2
Kirkcowan 0 2
Creetown 0 2
Wigtown 2 2
Bargrennan 0 2
Bladnoch 0 2
Kirkmabreck 0 2
Kells 0 2
Kirkinner 0 2
Kirkdale 0 2
Girthon 0 2
Sorbie 0 2
Anworth 0 2
Cardoness 1 2
Eldrig 0 2
Garliestown 0 2
Mochrum 0 2
Gatehouse of Fleet 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

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

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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.