We could not match "ALVAH" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 20 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "ALVAH":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Alvah	Banffshire	Alvah, a parish on the NE border of Banffshire. It has no village, but lies from 2 to 7½ miles	Groome
  Alvah	Banffshire	Alvah , par., on NE. border of Banffshire, 11,888 ac., pop. 1356; the picturesque Bridge of Alvah is 2 miles	Bartholomew
  Banff	Banffshire	Alvah, S by Marnoch, W and NW by Boyndie; and has an extreme length from NE to SW of 6½ miles	Groome
  Banffshire	Banffshire	Alvah (578), Troup Hill (652), Millstone Hill (987), Lug Hill (1028), Knock Hill (1409), Meikle Balloch (1199), the Hill of Towie	Groome
  Deveron or Doveran	Aberdeenshire Banffshire	Alvah, King-Edward, Banff, and Gamrie- The river, in the upper part of its course, is a mountain stream, careering	Groome
  Duff House	Banffshire Fife	Alvah Bridge, comprises parts of two counties and four parishes, and measures 14 miles in circumference; abounds in drives and walks	Groome
  Dunlugas	Banffshire	Alvah parish, Banffshire, on the right bank of the Deveron, 4½ miles NNW of Turriff. Built in 1793, the mansion	Groome
  Dunlugas	Banffshire	Dunlugas , seat and school, Alvah par., Banfltshire, 4½ miles NW. of Turriff.	Bartholomew
  Forglen	Banffshire	Alvah, E and S by Turriff in Aberdeenshire, and SW and W by Marnoch. Its utmost length, from NW to SE, is 5 3 / 8 . miles	Groome
  Ha	Banffshire	Alvah parish, Banffshire, 5 miles S of Banff. It appears to be artificial, but it neither figures in tradition nor has furnished	Groome
  Ha' Hill	Banffshire	Ha' Hill .-- mound, Alvah par., in co. and 5 miles S. of Banff.	Bartholomew
  Itlaw	Banffshire	Itlaw , hamlet, Alvah par., in co. and 5 miles S. of Banff; P.O.	Bartholomew
  King Edward	Aberdeenshire	Alvah in Banffshire, and NW by Alvah. Its utmost length, from E to W, is 9 miles; its breadth, from	Groome
  Linhead	Banffshire	Linhead , place with school, Alvah par., in co. and 6 miles S. of Banff.	Bartholomew
  Marnoch	Banffshire	Alvah, E by Forglen, SE by Turriff in Aberdeenshire, S by Inverkeithny and Rothiemay, W by Rothiemay and Grange, and NW by Ordiquhill	Groome
  Montblairy	Banffshire	Alvah parish, Banffshire. The mansion, on the left bank of the Deveron, 4½ miles NNW of Turriff, was built	Groome
  Mountblairy	Banffshire	Mountblairy , seat, Alvah par., Banffshire, on river Deveron, 4 miles NW. of Turriff.	Bartholomew
  Ord	Banffshire	whom 169 were in Alvah, 390 in Banff, 203 in Boyndie, and 89 in Marnoch.— Ord. Sur., sh. 96, 1876.	Groome
  Ord	Banffshire	parts of the pars. of Alvah, Banff, Boyndie, and Marnoch, pop. 851; the church is 6 miles SW. of Banff.	Bartholomew
  Turriff	Aberdeenshire	Alvah, Auchterless, Drumblade, Forglen, Forgue, Fyvie, Gamrie, Inverkeithny, King-Edward, Monquhitter, and Turriff, the quoad sacra parishes of Macduff, Millbrex	Groome

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