Bartholomew’s Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887) page 314 left column

Click on the image for a larger version suitable for printing.


HOME PAGE ... REFERENCE PAGE ...THIS GAZETTEER’S PAGE


Gillowshaw Brook, school, Biddulph par., N. Staf-
fordshire, near Gillow Heath sta.

Gills, hamlet, Darenth par., W. Kent, 3¼ miles SE.
of Dartford.

Gills, vil., at head of Gills Bay, on N. coast of Canis-
bay par., Caithness.

Gills Green, vil., Hawkhurst par., mid. Kent.

Gilltown, par., E. co. Kildare, 3 miles SE. of Kil-
cullen, 4881 ac., pop. 528.

G illy burn, vil., Perthshire. See GELLYBURN.

Gilman Sand, shoal, in Thames estuary, E. Kent, 8
miles N. of Whitstable; is 2¼ miles long.

Gilmansclcuch, ravine, Kirkhope par., Selkirkshire;
extends SE. from Black Knowe to Ettrick Water.

Gilmerton.—quoad sacra par. and vil. with ry. sta.,
Liberton par., in co. and 4 miles SE. of Edinburgh by
road and 8¼ miles by rail—par., pop. 1330; vil., pop.
1082 ; P.O.; coal and ironstone are mined ;
Gilmerton
Cave,
at the vil., was hewn (1719-1724) out of the solid
sandstone rock, and used as a forge and dwelling-place,
by a blacksmith named George Paterson; in vicinity of
vil. is
Gilmerton House.—2. Gilmerton, seat, in co.
and 3¼ miles NE. of Haddington.—3.
Gilmerton, vil.,
2 miles NE. of Crieff, Perthshire; P.O.

Gilmilnscroft, seat, Sorn par., Ayrshire, 2 miles E.
of Catrine; in vicinity is Gilmilnscroft Colliery.

Gilmonby, township, Bowes par., North-Riding York-
shire, 5 miles SW. of Barnard Castle, 2472 ac., pop.
108 ; contains the seat of
Gilmonby Hall.

Gilmoor, hamlet, Ripon par., E. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 3 miles N. of Ripley.

Gilmore Hill, in NW. of Glasgow : which see.

Gilmorton, par., S. Leicestershire, 3 miles NE. of
Lutterworth, 3143 ac., pop. 644;
P.O.

Gilmour’s Linn, waterfall, on Touch Burn, St
Ninians par., Stirlingshire.

Gilmourton, vil., Avondale par., Lanarkshire, 4¼
miles from Strathaven.

Gilnockic, ry. sta.,Canonbiepar., SE. Dumfriesshire,
4¼ miles SE. of Langholm ; the peel-tower of Gilnockie,
the stronghold of Johnnie Armstrong (executed 1529),
the Border freebooter, has entirely disappeared.

Gilp, Loch, left arm of Loch Fyne, Argyllshire;
strikes 2¼ miles NW. to Lochgilphead.

Gilroes, par., N. Leicestershire, Barrow upon Soar
dist., pop. 27.

Gilroyd, school, Silkstone par., S. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire.

Gilsay, island, in Sound of Harris, Outer Hebrides.

Gilse, hamlet, 2 miles N. of Orton, AYestmorland.

Gilsland, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Lanercost
and Upper Denton pars., E. Cumberland—dist., pop.
332; vil., 7 miles NE. of Brampton;
P.O., T.O.; is well
known as a spa.

Gilson, vil., in par. and 1 mile NAY. of Coleshill, N.
Warwickshire.

Gilstead, hamlet, Bingley par., E. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire.

Gilston, par., E. Herts, 3¼ miles SAY. of Saw-
bridgeworth, 985 ac., pop. 272; contains the seat of
Gilston Park.

Gilston, New (Backmuir of), vil., Largo par., Fife-
shire, 2¼ miles SE. of Ceres. See Backmuir.

Gilston House, seat, 3¼ miles NE. of Largo, Fife.

Gilston Lodge, seat, Dalkeith, Edinburghshire.

Gilstone Hock, near islets of Roseviar and Rosevean,
Scilly Islands, AY. Cornwall; was the scene of Sir
Cloudesley Shovel’s shipwreck (1705).

Gilton, place, near Ash, E. Kent, where a Saxon
burial ground was discovered which contained nume-
rous relics of the pagan Saxon period.

Gil ween, ry. sta., SE. border of Brecknockshire, 4¼
miles SAY. of Abergavenny; P.O., T.O.

Gimingliam, coast par., N. Norfolk, 4 miles N. of
North Walsham, 1491 ac., pop. 270.

Gimlet Stock, promontory on sea coast of Carnar-
vonshire, 2 miles SE. of Pwllheli.

Glmminghrook, hamlet, Standford par., E. Kent,
2 miles NAY. of Hythe.

Glnge, East, hamlet, AYest Hendred par., Berks, 3
miles SE. of AYantage.

Ginge, West, hamlet, East Lockinge par., Berks,
near Wantage.



Click on the image to get a large bitmap suitable for printing (45 MB)

Page 313 right column ... Page 314 right column

This page is written in HTML using a program written in Python 3.2, and image-to-HTML-text by ABBYY FineReader 11 Professional Edition.