Lochmaben, Dumfries Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Lochmaben parliamentary and royal burgh Bartholomew
Lochmaben a town and parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Barras a suburban village Groome
Broad Chapel an estate Groome
Broad Chapel estate Bartholomew
Castle Loch small loch Bartholomew
Castle-Loch a lake Groome
Elshieshields seat Bartholomew
Elshieshields Tower a mansion Groome
Fourtowns village group Bartholomew
Greenhill a village Groome
Greenhill village Bartholomew
Halleath a mansion Groome
Halleaths seat Bartholomew
Heck a village Groome
Heck village Bartholomew
Hightae a village and a lake Groome
Hightae village Bartholomew
Smallholm village Bartholomew
Spedlins Tower old seat Bartholomew
Templand village Bartholomew
Templand a village 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
Heck 0 2
Hightae 0 2
Bengall 0 2
Dryfesdale 0 2
Lockerbie 4 2
Torthorwald 0 2
Applegarth 0 2
Tinwald 0 2
Amisfield 0 2
St Mungo 0 2
Garvald 0 2
Locharbriggs 0 1
Dalton 0 2
Tundergarth 0 2
Kirkmichael 0 2
Mouswald 0 2
Gasstown 0 2
Kirkmahoe 0 2
Johnstone 0 3
Duncow 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
LOCHMABEN 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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  • 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.