New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Newabbey a village and a parish Groome
New Abbey parish Bartholomew

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

Place Type of entry Source
Abbot's Tower an ancient ivy-clad square ruin Groome
Beeswing hamlet Bartholomew
Carsegowan hill Bartholomew
Craigend loch Bartholomew
Criffel a barren though verdant granitic mountain group Groome
Glen Burn stream Bartholomew
Glen Burn a rivulet Groome
Kinder, Loch a lake Groome
Kinder, Loch Bartholomew
Kinharvie seat Bartholomew
Kinharvie a beautiful villa Groome
Lochend place with school Bartholomew
Shambellie seat Bartholomew
Shambellie a modern mansion, with beautiful grounds 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
Glencaple 0 2
Troqueer 0 2
Caerlaverock 3 3
Kirkbean 0 2
Blackshaw 0 2
Lochrutton 0 2
Kirkgunzeon 0 2
Preston 0 2
Dumfries 25 2
Maxwelltown 0 2
Noblehill 0 2
Gasstown 0 2
Cockpool 0 2
Terregles 0 2
Southerness 0 2
Milton 0 2
Mouswald 0 2
Ruthwell 1 2
Torthorwald 0 2
Dalbeattie 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
NEW ABBEY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
NEWABBEY 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.