Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

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

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

Place Type of entry Source
Dungeon loch Bartholomew
Dungeon a lake Groome
Galloway, New police and royal burgh with railway station Bartholomew
Garroch seat Bartholomew
Garroch an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Glenlee seat Bartholomew
Glenlee a mansion Groome
Harrow a loch Groome
Kenmure Castle a seat Groome
Kenmure Castle ancient seat Bartholomew
King's Forest wood Bartholomew
King's Holm meadow Bartholomew
Knocknalling an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Knocknalling seat Bartholomew
Stroan, Loch 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
Galloway 0 2
Bargrennan 0 2
Minnigaff 0 2
Newton Stewart 0 2
Dalry 0 2
Penninghame 0 2
New Galloway 0 3
Girthon 0 2
Balmaclellan 0 2
Carsphairn 0 2
Creetown 0 2
Kirkmabreck 0 2
Kirkcowan 0 2
Wigtown 2 2
Balmaghie 0 2
Parton 0 2
Anworth 0 2
Bladnoch 0 2
Gatehouse of Fleet 0 2
Barrhill 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
KELLS 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.