Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kelvin

Kelvin, river, Stirlingshire, Dumbartonshire, and Lanarkshire; rises 3 miles E. of Kilsyth, and flows 21 miles SW. to the Clyde at Partick, in W. of Glasgow; at Garscube, 4 miles NW. of Glasgow, it enters Kelvingrove, a picturesque wooded dell. See also GLASGOW.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Stirlingshire ScoCnty
Place: Kelvin

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