Kippen, Stirlingshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

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

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

Place Type of entry Source
Arnbeg place Bartholomew
Arnbeg a place Groome
Arnfinlay an ancient castle Groome
Arnfinlay ancient castle Bartholomew
Arngibbon the seat Groome
Arngomery the seat Groome
Arnprior a village Groome
Broich an estate and a burn Groome
Castlehill school Bartholomew
Cauldhame a hamlet Groome
Garden seat 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
Norrieston 0 2
Thornhill 0 2
Gargunnock 0 1
Kincardine 2 2
Buchlyvie 0 2
Blair Drummond 0 2
Gonachan 0 2
Fintry 0 2
Menteith 2 10
Deanston 0 2
Inchmahome 0 2
Doune 0 2
Kilmadock 0 2
Lecropt 0 2
Balfron 0 2
Cambusbarron 0 2
Gartmore 0 2
Callander 1 3
Raploch 0 1
Bridge of Allan 0 5

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
KIPPEN 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.