Scotland Genealogy: Dumbartonshire Census & County Records
DUMBARTONSHIRE (sic), Co., partly maritime but chiefly inland,
in W. of Scotland, comprising a main body and a detached portion;
area, 154,542 ac.; pop. 75,333, or 312 persons to each sq.m.
The main body is in the shape of a crescent, having the convex
side adjacent to the estuary of the Clyde, and measures 1.5
to 14 miles in breadth, and about 38 miles between its extreme
points. The N. section (about two-thirds of the entire area),
projecting between Loch Long and Loch Lomond, is wholly mountainous,
and is celebrated for its picturesque and sublime scenery.
Ben Vorlich and Ben Vane, in the extreme N., are 3092 and
3004 ft. high. The lower district along the Clyde is flat,
and in general under excellent cultivation. The peninsular
par. of Roseneath separates Loch Long and the Gare Loch, offshoots
of the Firth of Clyde. The detached section (12 miles by 4
miles) lies 4.5 miles E. of the nearest point of the main
body. The rivers, besides the Clyde, are the Leven, Allander,
Kelvin, and Endrick. The mfrs. are very important; numerous
bleachfields, dye, print, and other works line the banks of
the Leven; and there are extensive shipbuilding yards along
the Clyde: D. in former times formed part of the territory
of Lennox. Vestiges of the Roman wall of Antoninus still exist.
The co. comprises 11 pars. and a part, the parl. and royal
burgh of Dumbarton (part of the Kilmarnock Burghs), and the
police burghs of Cove and Kilcreggan, Helensburgh, and Kirkintilloch.
It returns 1 member to Parl.
[Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]
Dunbartonshire,
Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in Scotland, from
the 1500s to the 1800s.
Dumbartonshire Parish Index
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Dumbartonshire
Parish Maps
The Dumbartonshire Parish Map shows the locations of the various parishes, and repeats the links to the various parish pages.