New Kilpatrick, Stirlingshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
East Kilpatrick parish Bartholomew
Kilpatrick, New or East a village of SE Dumbartonshire, and a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Balvie an estate, with a mansion Groome
Blairdardie place with public school Bartholomew
Blairdardie a place Groome
Canniesburn hamlet Bartholomew
Canniesburn a hamlet Groome
Clober an extensive bleachfield and a mansion Groome
Clober seat and extensive bleachfield Bartholomew
Craigton estate with old mansion Bartholomew
Craigton an estate, with an old mansion and a bleachfield Groome
Dalsholm or Dawsholm a village Groome
Ferguston a farm Groome
Garscadden an estate, with a mansion and a village Groome
Garscadden village with ironworks Bartholomew
Garscube seat and village Bartholomew
Garscube an estate, with a mansion Groome
Hillfoot seat Bartholomew
Killermont an estate, with a mansion Groome
Killermont House seat Bartholomew
Kilmardinny a mansion Groome
Kilmardinny seat Bartholomew
Knightswood a village Groome
Knightswood mining village Bartholomew
Mains House a mansion Groome
Mains House seat Bartholomew
Milngavie town Bartholomew
Netherton village Bartholomew
Netherton or Netherton Quarry a village Groome
Summerston 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
Bearsden 0 2
Garscadden 0 2
Milngavie 0 2
Dawsholm 0 3
Maryhill 0 2
Jordanhill 0 2
Balgray 0 1
Yoker 0 2
Mugdock 0 2
Clydebank 0 2
Baldernock 0 2
Duntocher 0 2
Renfrew 1 3
Hillhead 0 1
Partick 1 1
Dalmuir 0 2
Govan 0 2
Inchinnan 0 2
Bishopbriggs 0 2
Cadder 2 3

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
EAST KILPATRICK John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
KILPATRICK NEW OR EAST 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.