Eskdalemuir, Dumfries Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

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

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

Place Type of entry Source
Bloodhope a head-stream of the White Esk river Groome
Castle O'er Roman camp Bartholomew
Castle-O'er, Castle-Over, or Castle-Overbie a Roman Camp Groome
Davington hamlet with church and school Bartholomew
Davington a hamlet, with a public school and a Free church Groome
Esk, Black rivulet Bartholomew
Esk, White rivulet Bartholomew
Fingland a burn Groome
Glengarrel the glen of Garvald Water Groome
Glen Garrel glen Bartholomew
Johnstone seat Bartholomew
Moodlaw, Loch Bartholomew
Wind Fell mountain 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
Westerkirk 0 2
Hutton 0 2
Wamphray 0 2
Eskdale 0 1
Ettrick 0 2
Moffat 3 2
Beattock 0 2
Ewes 0 2
Applegarth 0 2
Caerlanrig 0 2
Teviothead 0 2
Johnstone 0 3
Kirkpatrick Juxta 0 2
Carruthers 0 2
Langholm 1 2
Tundergarth 0 2
Lockerbie 4 2
Dryfesdale 0 2
Garvald 0 2
Waterbeck 0 1

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
ESKDALEMUIR 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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