Cummertrees, Dumfries Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Cummertrees parish and village with railway station Bartholomew
Cummertrees a village and a coast parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Bridekirk a village Groome
Broom a farm Groome
Glenstewart seat Bartholomew
Glen-Stewart a seat Groome
Hoddam Castle seat Bartholomew
Kelhead a place with lime-works Groome
Kilnhead village Bartholomew
Kilnhead a village Groome
Kinmount the seat Groome
Kinmount seat Bartholomew
Moorbeck hamlet Bartholomew
Moorbeck a hamlet Groome
Murraythwaite a mansion Groome
Murraythwaite seat Bartholomew
Powfoot (or Queensberry) hamlet Bartholomew
Powfoot or Queensberry a small watering-place Groome
Repentance Tower conspicuous tower Bartholomew
Trailtrow school 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
Ruthwell 1 2
Annan 7 6
Waterfoot 5 1
Brydekirk 0 3
Hoddom 0 2
Cockpool 0 2
Dalton 0 2
Bowness 7 2
Dornock 0 2
St Mungo 0 2
Blackshaw 0 2
Mouswald 0 2
Ecclefechan 0 2
Kirtlebridge 0 2
Port Carlisle 3 2
Skinburness Marsh 0 2
Irving 0 2
Birrens 0 2
Whitrigg 0 1
Caerlaverock 3 3

Names from historical writing

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

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

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