Stourmouth, Kent : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Hoddam an Annandale parish Groome
Hoddam (or Hoddom) parish Bartholomew

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

Place Type of entry Source
Burnfoot an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Burnfoot seat Bartholomew
Ecclefechan the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle Groome
Ecclefechan village with railway station Bartholomew
Hallgnards romantic spot Bartholomew
Kirkconnell Hall mansion Bartholomew
Kirkconnell Hall a mansion Groome
Knockhill seat Bartholomew
Knockhill an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Mainhill a solitary, low, white-washed cottage Groome
Mainhill cottage 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
Brydekirk 0 3
Ecclefechan 0 2
St Mungo 0 2
Dalton 0 2
Middlebie 0 2
Birrens 0 2
Kirtlebridge 0 2
Annan 7 6
Cummertrees 0 2
Eaglesfield 0 2
Irving 0 2
Bengall 0 2
Tundergarth 0 2
Waterfoot 5 1
Ruthwell 1 2
Kirkconnel 0 2
Dornock 0 2
Hightae 0 2
Waterbeck 0 1
Lockerbie 4 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

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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.