Penninghame, Wigtownshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Penninghame parish Bartholomew
Penninghame a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Barnkirk a bog Groome
Carty a harbour Groome
Carty harbour Bartholomew
Castle-Stewart a ruined ivy-clad square tower Groome
Causewayend hamlet Bartholomew
Challock hamlet with school Bartholomew
Clachaneasy hamlet Bartholomew
Clachaneasy a hamlet Groome
Corsbie school Bartholomew
Glendochart a hill Groome
Glendochart farm Bartholomew
Grange school Bartholomew
Knowe place with school Bartholomew
Loudon school Bartholomew
Mertonhall a fine old house Groome
Merton Hall seat Bartholomew
Newton Stewart police burgh Bartholomew
Newton-Stewart a town 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
Minnigaff 0 2
Newton Stewart 0 2
Kirkcowan 0 2
Bargrennan 0 2
Wigtown 2 2
Bladnoch 0 2
Creetown 0 2
Galloway 0 2
Kirkmabreck 0 2
Kells 0 2
Kirkinner 0 2
Old Luce 0 4
New Luce 0 4
Eldrig 0 2
Kirkdale 0 2
Mochrum 0 2
Stairhaven 0 1
Barrhill 0 2
Sorbie 0 2
Arnsheen 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
PENNINGHAME 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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  • 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.