We could not match "BOWMORE" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 19 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "BOWMORE":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Argyllshire	Argyll	Bowmore, Ballachulish, Tarbert, Kilmun, Strone, Kirn, Sandbank, Tighnabruaich, Portnahaven, Port Ellen, Port Charlotte, Easdale, and Ellenabuich. The chief seats are Inverary	Groome
  Askaig, Port	Argyll	Bowmore. It has a post office, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, under Greenock, and a good inn; it communicates	Groome
  Askaig, Port	Argyll	Askaig, Port , seaport vil., on NE. coast of Islay island, Argyllshire, 10 miles NE. of Bowmore.	Bartholomew
  Bowmore	Argyll	Bowmore , small seaport, Kilarrow par., Islay island, Argyllsh., on Loch Indal, pop. 834; P.O., T.O. It has distillery, and is the chief	Bartholomew
  Bowmore	Argyll	Bowmore, a small seaport town and a registration district in Kilarrow parish, Islay island, Argyllshire. The town stands on the E side	Groome
  Bridgend	Argyll	Bowmore, and 8½ SW of Port Askaig. It has a post office under Greenock, with money order, savings' bank	Groome
  Bridgend	Argyll	Bridgend .-- vil., Kilarrow par., Islay island, Argyllshire, at head of Loch Andail, 3 miles NE. of Bowmore; P.O., T.O.	Bartholomew
  Hebrides or Western Islands	Scotland	Bowmore in Islay, and Portico in Skye, while there are about twenty villages with populations of over 300. Most of these	Groome
  Hebrides, The (or Western Islands)		Bowmore, in Islay; and Portree, in Skye. The Hebrides are the Hebudes of Pliny, and the Sudreys, or Southern Islands	Bartholomew
  Islay	Argyll	Bowmore, near the head of the E side of Loch Indal; Port Charlotte, on the W side of Loch Indal	Groome
  Islay	Argyll	Bowmore, Bridgend, Port Ellen, Portaskaig); 2 Banks (at Bridgend and Port Ellen). Islay is the most southern and, except Skye	Bartholomew
  Killarrow	Argyll	Bowmore, it contains the town of Bowmore and the villages of Bridgend and Port Askaig, all three with a post	Groome
  Killarrow and Kilmeny	Argyll	Killarrow and Kilmeny , par., in NE. of Islay isl., Argyllshire, 65,929 ac., pop. 2756; contains Bowmore.	Bartholomew
  Nave or Noamh	Argyll	Bowmore. Its name signifies 'Holy,' and alludes to an ancient church and a large burying-ground. The church is still	Groome
  Oa	Argyll	Bowmore, overlooks the E side of the entrance of Loch Indal; has a beetling, lofty, imposing character; is crowned with	Groome
  Port Askalg	Argyll	Port Askalg , seaport vil., May island, Argyllshire, on Sound of Islay, 10 miles NE. of Bowmore; P.O., T.O., called PORTASKAIG.	Bartholomew
  Port Charlotte	Argyll	island, Argyllshire, on W. shore of Loch-in-Daal, opposite Bowmore, pop. 502; P.O.; has an inn and a distillery.	Bartholomew
  Port Ellen	Argyll	Bowmore, pop. 989; P.O., T.O.; has a commodious quay, and carries on a considerable amount of fishing; it has also	Bartholomew
  Port-Ellen	Argyll	Bowmore, and 17 W by S of Gigha. Founded in 1824, and named in compliment to Lady Ellinor Campbell of Islay	Groome

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