A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Isle-Toll, a place with a post office under Dumfries, in Kirkmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire, near the right bank of the Nith, 2½ miles SSE of Auldgirth. Isle or Isle Tower, near it, is a modern mansion, whose owner, Joseph Gillon-Fergusson, Esq. (b. 1848; suc. 1879), holds 1009 acres in the shire, valued at £1119 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 9, 1863. Issay, a fertile island (1 x 1/3 mile) of Duirinish parish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, in Dunvegan Bay, opposite the middle of Vaternish. It is called also Ellan-Issa or the Island of Jesus.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a place with a post office" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kirkmahoe ScoP Dumfries Shire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Isle Toll |
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