Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Howmore

Howmore, a village and a registration district in the N of South Uist parish, Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire. The village stands on the W coast of South Uist island, 7 miles S of the north-western extremity of that island, and 36 SSW of Lochmaddy, under which it has a post and telegraph office. The registration district is the central one of three districts into which South Uist parish is divided.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a registration district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: South Uist ScoP       Inverness Shire ScoCnty
Place: Howmore

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