Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place	Type of entry	Source
Penpont	a village and a parish	Groome

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

Place	Type of entry	Source
Arkland	a place, with a fine view of the picturesque valley of the Scarr	Groome
Bailford	an estate	Groome
Bailford	estate	Bartholomew
Black Loch	a small lake	Groome
Brierbush	hamlet	Bartholomew
Burnhead	village	Bartholomew
Burnhead	a hamlet, with a UP church	Groome
Cairnkinna	a summit	Groome
Chanlock	a burn	Groome
Glenmanno Burn	affluent	Bartholomew
Glenmanno Burn	a stream	Groome
Townhead	village	Bartholomew
Woodside	school	Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Keir	0	2
Dalgarnock	0	2
Thornhill	0	2
Tynron	0	2
Closeburn	0	2
Barjarg	0	2
Morton	1	3
Enoch	0	2
Moniaive	0	2
Glencairn	0	2
Nithsdale	0	2
Durisdeer	3	3
Dunscore	0	2
Auldgirth	0	2
Dalswinton	0	2
Eliock	0	1
Isle Toll	0	2
Duncow	0	2
Sanquhar	2	2
Holywood	0	2