Strathblane, Stirlingshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

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

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

Place Type of entry Source
Allander a small river Groome
Ardinning lake Bartholomew
Ardinning a lake Groome
Ballagan an estate, with a mansion and with a fine waterfall Groome
Ballaggan seat, and waterfall Bartholomew
Ballewan a farm, with a mineral spring Groome
Blanefield village with railway station Bartholomew
Blanefield a village Groome
Carbeth-Guthrie an estate, with a mansion Groome
Carbeth-Guthrie seat Bartholomew
Craigallion loch Bartholomew
Craigallion a loch Groome
Craigend an estate, with a mansion Groome
Craigullian loch Bartholomew
Craigullian a loch Groome
Dumbrock a triangular loch Groome
Duntreath an old castellated mansion Groome
Duntreath Castle seat Bartholomew
Lennox Hills a range of hills Groome
Mugdock Castle ancient seat Bartholomew
Netherton part of 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
Blanefield 0 2
Mugdock 0 2
Craigend 0 2
Campsie 1 3
Milngavie 0 2
Baldernock 0 2
Kelvin 1 4
Lennoxtown 0 2
New Kilpatrick 0 2
Bearsden 0 2
Torrance 0 2
Killearn 0 2
Garscadden 0 2
Kilmaronock 1 2
Cadder 2 3
Fintry 0 2
Milton 0 3
Balfron 0 2
Gonachan 0 2
Dawsholm 0 3

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
STRATHBLANE 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:

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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.