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The following appear as names for Great Glen. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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GLEN MAGNA | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
GLENN MAGNA | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
GLENN MAGNA GLEN MAGNA OR GREAT GLENN | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
GREAT GLEN | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
GREAT GLENN | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Great Glen. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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GLEN MAGNA | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 226. |
GLEN MAGNA CUM GREAT STRETTON | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 226. |
GLENN MAGNA | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'. |
GREAT GLEN | Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 226. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Great Glen, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Great Glen, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Glen, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10837/names
Date accessed: 04th May 2024