Kilmore, Argyll : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Kilmore and Kilbride coastal parish Bartholomew
Kilmore and Kilbride a united maritime parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Dunolly an estate, with an ancient castle and a modern mansion Groome
Dunstaffnage a famous ancient castle Groome
Glenfeochan an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Gylem an ancient castle Groome
Kerrera island Bartholomew
Kerrera an island Groome
Nell, Loch a fresh-water lake Groome

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
Oban 19 2
Kilninver 0 2
Kerrera 0 2
Connel 0 2
Melfort 0 2
Taynuilt 0 2
Ardchattan 0 2
Muckairn 0 2
Bonawe 1 3
Seil 0 2
Kilbrandon and Kilchattan 0 2
Dalavich 0 2
Kilchrenan 0 2
Awe 4 4
Auchnacraig 0 2
Easdale 1 2
Lismore 1 4
Torsay 0 2
Duart 1 3
Cruachan 1 3

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
KILMORE GBHGIS Great Britain Historical GIS Project (, ).
KILMORE AND KILBRIDE 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.