Dalmellington, Ayrshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Dalmellington parish Bartholomew
Dalmellington a small town and a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Benbeoch a summit Groome
Ben Beoch hill Bartholomew
Benbrack a summit Groome
Benbrack eminence Bartholomew
Benquhat village Bartholomew
Benwhat a summit Groome
Burnfoothill village with ironworks Bartholomew
Burnfoothill a small town, connected with ironworks Groome
Camlarg collier hamlet Bartholomew
Camlarg a collier hamlet Groome
Craigmark a mining village Groome
Craigmark mining village Bartholomew
Dunaskin Bartholomew
Dunaskin a post office, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments Groome
Lethanhill village Bartholomew
Muck, Loch Bartholomew
Ness Glen rock Bartholomew
Ness Glen a ravine Groome
Truffhill part of Bartholomew
Waterside village with railway station Bartholomew
Waterside a village 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
Carrick 0 2
Patna 0 2
Straiton 0 2
Drongan 0 2
Kirkmichael 0 2
Coylton 0 2
Dalrymple 0 2
Carsphairn 0 2
Crosshill 0 2
Ochiltree 1 2
New Cumnock 0 3
Old Cumnock 3 5
Auchinleck 17 2
Stair 0 2
Maybole 0 2
Lugar 0 2
Alloway 1 2
Kyle 0 2
Catrine 0 2
St Quivox 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
DALMELLINGTON 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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  • 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.