Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Bonhill. You may be able to find further references to Bonhill in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Bonhill a town and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Bonhill.

Place Type of entry Source
Alexandria a town Groome
Auchincarroch an estate, with a mansion Groome
Auchincarroch seat Bartholomew
Balloch village with railway station Bartholomew
Balloch a village Groome
Darleith an estate, with a mansion Groome
Ferryfield a print-work Groome
Haldane's mill village Bartholomew
Jamestown a small town Groome
Lennoxbank seat Bartholomew
Lennoxbank an estate, with a mansion Groome
Levenbank place Bartholomew

Travel writing

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 Bonhill 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.
Thomas Pennant September 5-17: Inveraray 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
Alexandria 0 2
Renton 0 2
Jamestown 0 2
Leven 0 2
Dumbarton 14 2
Dumbuck 0 1
Cardross 0 2
Langbank 0 2
Bannachra 0 2
Dunglass 0 2
Bowling 0 2
Inchmurrin 0 1
Erskine 0 2
Newark 0 2
Bishopton 0 2
Port Glasgow 4 4
Old Kilpatrick 1 2
Kilmacolm 0 2
Helensburgh 0 2
Inchcailloch 0 2