GazetteerFor Scotland
By Sandra M. Taggart
The Gazetteer for Scotland
Vast geographical encyclopedia Featuring details of towns, villages, bens and
glens from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles.
Includes historical sites, tourist attractions and industry.
Histories of family names and clans. Biographies of famous Scots and descriptions of
historical events
Such as: William Wallace
1274 -1305 Outlaw and defender of Scottish independence. Born at Elderslie near Kilmarnock. Defeated the English King Edward I at the
Battle of Stirling Bridge. Executed 1305
Maps and Places
Old Counties of Scotland 1890 – 1974 Inverness Perth Caithness Aberdeen Ross & Cromarty Angus Fife and more.
Modern Council Areas
Western Isles Orkney Highland Perth & Kinross Scottish Borders Shetland South Ayrshire and more
Town House, Haddinton & Glasgow CathedralJust a couple of pictures from the Gazetteer
Glamis CastleGlamis is in Angus, home of the Earls of Strathmore – was a
Royal hunting lodge from as early as the 11th century, when King Malcolm II (954 -1018) is thought to have been murdered there.
General Survey
Position, Boundaries, Extent and Area by H.A. Wester, sometime Honorary Editor of the Scottish Geographical Magazine.
Mountains, Lakes, Rivers and Islands by H.A. Wester, sometime Honorary Editor of the Scottish Geographical Magazine.
Zoology by John Gibson, F. R. P. S. History by William Melven, M.A. Gaelic Language and Literature by The Rev. Archibald
Clerk, LL.D., Editor and Translator of Ossian.
Source:
http://www.scottish-places.info/
