Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Jemimaville or Jamima

Jemimaville or Jamima, a village at the mutual border of Resolis and Cromarty parishes, Cromartyshire, on the southern shore of the Cromarty Firth, 3 miles SSE of Invergordon and 45/8 WSW of Cromarty. Fairs are held on the first Tuesday of April, the first Wednesday of August, and the last Tuesday of October. An urn of very antique form was found, about 1830, in a neighbouring earthen tumulus.—Ord. Sur., sh. 94, 1878.


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

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Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cromarty ScoCnty
Place names: JAMIMA     |     JEMIMAVILLE     |     JEMIMAVILLE OR JAMIMA
Place: Jemimaville

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