Dalry, Ayrshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Dalry town and parish with railway station Bartholomew
Dalry a town and a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Aitnach a craig, formerly crowned with an ancient square fort Groome
Auchenskeigh a romantic sylvan dell Groome
Auchenskeigh romantic dell Bartholomew
Auchingree a hamlet Groome
Auchingree hamlet Bartholomew
Auldmuir a place, with extensive lime-works Groome
Auldmuir extensive limeworks Bartholomew
Baidland a hill Groome
Baidland Hill eminence Bartholomew
Blair an estate and iron-works Groome
Burnside village Bartholomew
Caerwinning hill Bartholomew
Caerwinning a hill Groome
Carwinning hill Bartholomew
Den a village of recent and rapid growth Groome
Drakemyre a village Groome
Glengarnock a village and a ruined castle Groome
Kersland Barony estate Bartholomew
Kirkland a mansion Groome
Langbar a village Groome
Linn an estate, with a mansion Groome
Maulside a mansion Groome
Muirhouse a village Groome
Rye Water a rivulet Groome
Southfield a village Groome
Swindridgemuir a plain two-story mansion 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
Blair 0 2
Glengarnock 0 2
Kilbirnie 0 2
Kilwinning 0 2
Beith 1 2
Stevenston 0 2
West Kilbride 0 3
Ardeer 0 2
Saltcoats 0 2
Ardrossan 2 3
Fairlie 0 2
Hunterston 0 2
Cunninghame 0 2
Perceton 0 2
Irvine 10 4
Lochwinnoch 0 2
Fullarton 0 2
Dunlop 0 2
Auchenbathie 0 2
Dreghorn 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
DAIL RIGH F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
DALRY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
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:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • 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.