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These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Auchinleck. You may be able to find further references to Auchinleck in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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Auchinleck | a village and a parish | Groome |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Auchinleck.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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Catrine House | a mansion | Groome |
Commondyke | mining village | Bartholomew |
Commondyke | a collier hamlet | Groome |
Cronberry | village with railway station | Bartholomew |
Cronberry | a village of recent origin | Groome |
Dalblair | place | Bartholomew |
Dernconner | village | Bartholomew |
Dernconner | a large village of recent growth | Groome |
Gass Water | affluent | Bartholomew |
Glenmore Water | a stream | Groome |
Glenmuir | school | Bartholomew |
Kyle | an ancient castle and a district | Groome |
Kyle Castle | remains | Bartholomew |
Lugar | village with railway station | Bartholomew |
Lugar | a village | Groome |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Auchinleck within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
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James Boswell | October 27th to November 7th, 1773: Through Glasgow to Ayrshire | 8 |
Samuel Johnson | South to Glasgow and Auchinleck | 3 |
James Boswell | October 23rd to 26th, 1773: Inveraray | 2 |
James Boswell | August 18th to 20th, 1773: From Edinburgh to Montrose | 1 |
James Boswell | August 24th to 26th, 1773: Aberdeen to Forres | 1 |
James Boswell | August 27th to 31st, 1773: Forres to Glen Moriston via Inverness | 1 |
James Boswell | November 8th to 22nd, 1773: Back to Edinburgh | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Old Cumnock | 3 | 5 |
Lugar | 0 | 2 |
Ochiltree | 1 | 2 |
Sorn | 0 | 2 |
Catrine | 0 | 2 |
Airds Moss | 0 | 2 |
Kyle | 0 | 2 |
Mauchline | 2 | 2 |
New Cumnock | 0 | 3 |
Drongan | 0 | 2 |
Stair | 0 | 2 |
Coylton | 0 | 2 |
Tarbolton | 1 | 2 |
Muirkirk | 0 | 2 |
Newmilns | 0 | 2 |
Darvel | 0 | 3 |
Galston | 0 | 2 |
Craigie | 0 | 2 |
Dalmellington | 0 | 2 |
St Quivox | 0 | 2 |