Inverkip, Renfrewshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Innerkip a village and a coast parish Groome
Inverkip (or Innerkip) coastal parish and village with railway station Bartholomew

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

Place Type of entry Source
Ardgowan a mansion Groome
Ashton SW. part of town Bartholomew
Ashton the south-western part of Gourock village Groome
Castle Wemyss a mansion Groome
Castle Wemyss seat Bartholomew
Cloch a small headland Groome
Cloch Point headland Bartholomew
Dunrod ancient barony Bartholomew
Dunrod an ancient barony Groome
Gourock a watering-place Groome
Kelly House a plain, white mansion, with beautiful pleasure-grounds Groome
Kelly House seat Bartholomew
Langhouse seat Bartholomew
Langhouse an estate, with a mansion Groome
Leven the name of an old ruined castle and also of a modern mansion Groome
Leven Castle seat Bartholomew
Ravenscraig railway station Bartholomew
Ravenscraig a station Groome
Wemyss Bay small watering-place with railway station and steamboat pier 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
Ardgowan 0 2
Dunrod 0 2
Skelmorlie 1 2
Dunoon 0 3
Ashton 0 2
Inellan 0 2
Gourock 0 2
Clyde 18 2
Greenock 21 3
Strone 0 2
Kilcreggan 0 2
Sandbank 0 2
Blairmore 0 2
Kilmun 0 2
Cove 0 2
Port Glasgow 7 4
Rosneath 2 2
Newark 0 2
Largs 2 2
Clynder 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

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