Stow, Selkirkshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Stow village with railway station Bartholomew
Stow a village Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Bowland an estate Groome
Burnhouse seat Bartholomew
Caitha a hamlet Groome
Caitha hamlet with school Bartholomew
Clovenfords a small village Groome
Clovenfords hamlet with railway station Bartholomew
Crookston an estate Groome
Crookston seat Bartholomew
Crosslee hamlet Bartholomew
Crosslee a hamlet Groome
Ewes Water headstream Bartholomew
Fountainhall hamlet with railway station Bartholomew
Fountainhall a hamlet Groome
Hop-pringle ruined baronial fortalice Bartholomew
Hop-Pringle an old baronial fortalice Groome
Lugate Water right affluent Bartholomew
Luggate Water a rivulet Groome
Pirn seat Bartholomew
Pirn an estate, with a mansion Groome
Pirntaiton place Bartholomew
Symington House a modern mansion Groome
Symington House seat Bartholomew
Torsonce House an ancient but renovated mansion Groome
Torsonce House seat Bartholomew
Torwoodlee a handsome and commodious mansion Groome
Torwoodlee seat Bartholomew
Wedale ancient district 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
Crosslee 0 2
Fountainhall 0 2
Lauder 2 2
Clovenfords 0 2
Galashiels 1 2
Lauderdale 0 2
Caddonfoot 0 2
Channelkirk 0 2
Heriot 0 2
Bridgend 0 2
Thirlestane 1 0
Fairnilee 0 3
Dewar 0 2
Walkerburn 0 2
Gattonside 0 2
Darnick 0 2
Legerwood 0 2
Cambridge 0 2
Earlston 0 2
Melrose 4 3

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
STOW John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
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:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • 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.