Glassary, Argyll : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Glassary (or Kilmichael Glassary) parish and village Bartholomew
Kilmichael Glassary (or Glassary) parish and village Bartholomew
Kilmichael-Glassary or Glassary village and parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Add a river Groome
Fionnchairn or Fincharn a ruined fortalice Groome
Ford-Lochawe a village Groome
Glaissean or Glashan a lake Groome
Kames, Mid, and Kames, West adjacent hamlets Bartholomew
Killevin Church ruin Bartholomew
Kilmory ancient seat Bartholomew
Kilmory an ancient chapelry and an estate Groome
Lochgair hamlet Bartholomew
Lochgair a small sea-loch, a hamlet, and a mansion Groome
Lochgilphead a small town Groome
Lochgilphead police burgh Bartholomew
Minard village Bartholomew
Minard Castle a mansion, with picturesque grounds 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
Lochgilphead 0 2
Kilmartin 0 2
Kilmory 0 2
Lochgair 0 2
Crinan 1 2
Ardrishaig 0 2
Fyne 6 2
Ford 0 2
Minard 0 2
North Knapdale 0 2
Craignish 0 2
Kilfinan 0 2
Stralachlan 0 1
Cumlodden 0 2
Argyll 0 2
Shuna 0 2
Kilmodan 0 3
Furnace 0 2
Knapdale 1 2
Corryvreckan 1 2

Names from historical writing

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

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