Tyrie, Aberdeenshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Maybole market town Bartholomew
Maybole a town Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Beoch ruins of a castle Bartholomew
Beoch an ancient baronial castle Groome
Brochloch a quondam ancient castle Groome
Brown Carrick a broad-based, ridgy hill Groome
Brown Carrick hill Bartholomew
Craigskean ruined fortalice Bartholomew
Culroy a hamlet Groome
Culroy hamlet Bartholomew
Dalduff ruins of ancient baronial fortalice Bartholomew
Dalduff an ancient baronial fortalice Groome
Doonside seat, with vestiges of ancient castle Bartholomew
Doonside an estate, with a mansion, and with vestiges of an ancient castle Groome
Drummellan an estate, with a mansion Groome
Dunduff a farm Groome
Dunure a seaport village and an ancient castle Groome
Glenays an old baronial fortalice, now a fragmentary ruin Groome
Grange House seat Bartholomew
Grange House a mansion Groome
Greenan a ruined fortalice Groome
Greenan Castle ruin Bartholomew
Head of Ayr a rocky, precipitous headland Groome
Minishant village Bartholomew
Minishant a hamlet Groome
Monkwood seat Bartholomew
Monkwood a modern mansion Groome
Newark an old baronial fortalice Groome
Newark old baronial fortalice Bartholomew
Slateford hamlet Bartholomew

Travel writing

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Crosshill 0 2
Kirkmichael 0 2
Kirkoswald 0 2
Dalrymple 0 2
Dunure 0 2
Fisherton 0 2
Dailly 0 2
Alloway 1 2
Straiton 0 2
Patna 0 2
Carrick 0 2
Ayr 12 6
Newton upon Ayr 0 2
Coylton 0 2
St Quivox 0 2
Barr 0 2
Prestwick 0 3
Girvan 0 5
Drongan 0 2
Kirkdominae 0 1

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
MAYBOLE 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.