Dundonald, Ayrshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Dundonald coastal parish and village Bartholomew
Dundonald a village and a coast parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Auchans an estate, with a mansion Groome
Curreath an estate, with a modern mansion Groome
Drybridge a station Groome
Fairlie House seat Bartholomew
Fairlie House a mansion Groome
Fullarton House a seat Groome
Fullarton House seat Bartholomew
Hillhouse seat Bartholomew
Hillhouse an estate, with a mansion Groome
Loans village Bartholomew
Loans a village Groome
Newfield an estate, with a mansion Groome
Newfield seat Bartholomew
Old Rome colliery village Bartholomew
Shewalton House a plain two-story mansion Groome
Shewalton House seat Bartholomew
Troon a seaport town and watering-place 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
Symington 0 2
Dreghorn 0 2
Crosshouse 0 2
Troon 0 2
Perceton 0 2
Riccarton 0 2
Irvine 10 4
Fullarton 0 2
Craigie 0 2
Monkton 0 3
Kilmarnock 5 4
Kilmaurs 1 2
Prestwick 0 3
Crookedholm 0 2
Hurlford 0 2
Tarbolton 1 2
Cunninghame 0 2
St Quivox 0 2
Kilwinning 0 2
Ardeer 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
DUNDONALD 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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