Kirkhill, Inverness Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

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

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

Place Type of entry Source
Bunchrew a station Groome
Clunes a station Groome
Fopachy a landing-place for vessels, but without any proper harbour Groome
Fopachy (Phopachy) Bartholomew
Inchmore school Bartholomew
Lentran railway station Bartholomew
Lentran a station Groome
Lovat a place Groome
Lovat Castle baronial fortalice Bartholomew
Newton House a mansion 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
Lovat 2 2
Dunain 0 1
Dochgarroch 0 2
Redcastle 0 2
Beauly 11 2
The Aird 1 2
Gilchrist 0 2
Bona 0 2
Killeranan 0 2
Beaufort Castle 2 2
Kiltarlity 0 2
Clachnaharry 0 2
Kilcoy 0 2
Tomnahurich 3 1
Muir of Ord 0 3
Kilmorack 0 2
Ness 9 3
North Kessock 4 2
Inverness 85 3
Dores 3 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
KIRKHILL 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.