Kirkmahoe, Dumfries Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Kirkmahoe parish Bartholomew
Kirkmahoe a hamlet and a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Auchenbeatty a burn Groome
Auchengeith hill Bartholomew
Auchengeith a hill Groome
Carnsalloch an estate, with a mansion Groome
Dalswinton a small village, with a public school Groome
Duncow a village Groome
Glencarrick a reach of the basin of Duncow Burn Groome
Isle-Toll a place with a post office Groome
Kilblane ancient chapelry Bartholomew
Millbead (or Milnhead) seat Bartholomew
Millhead or Milnhead an estate, with a mansion Groome
Quarrel wood hamlet Bartholomew
Quarrelwood a hamlet 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
Locharbriggs 0 1
Duncow 0 2
Amisfield 0 2
Tinwald 0 2
Holywood 0 2
Isle Toll 0 2
Maxwelltown 0 2
Dumfries 25 2
Noblehill 0 2
Dalswinton 0 2
Gasstown 0 2
Terregles 0 2
Torthorwald 0 2
Auldgirth 0 2
Nithsdale 0 2
Troqueer 0 2
Kirkmichael 0 2
Lochmaben 0 2
Garvald 0 2
Dunscore 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
KIRKMAHOE 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.