Old Luce, Wigtownshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Glenluce village, with railway station Bartholomew
Glenluce a village Groome
Luce, Old parish Bartholomew
Luce, Old a coast parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Balkail an estate, with a mansion Groome
Balkail seat Bartholomew
Burnfoot small harbour Bartholomew
Burnfoot a small harbour Groome
Carsecreugh ruined castle Bartholomew
Carsecreugh a ruined castle Groome
Craigenveoch a mansion Groome
Drochduil school Bartholomew
Genoch an estate, with an old-fashioned mansion Groome
Genoch seat Bartholomew
Park Place a castle Groome
Park Plaice ancient castle Bartholomew
Stairhaven fishing harbour Bartholomew
St Helena islet Bartholomew
Synniness a ruined castle Groome
Synniness ruined castle 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
Stairhaven 0 1
Dunragit 0 2
New Luce 0 4
Castle Kennedy 0 2
Soulseat 0 3
Inch 0 2
Stoneykirk 0 2
Innermessan 0 2
Kirkcowan 0 2
Stranraer 1 2
Rhinns 0 3
Eldrig 0 2
Cairnryan 0 2
Loch Ryan 0 3
Mochrum 0 2
Leswalt 0 2
Penninghame 0 2
Port William 0 2
Portpatrick 2 2
Kirkcolm 0 3

Names from historical writing

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

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

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