Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Skelmorlie

Skelmorlie, coast vil., Largs par., Ayrshire, and quoad sacra par., partly also in Inverkip par., Renfrewshire - quoad sacra par., pop. 1264; vil., on Firth of Clyde, 1½ mile S. of Wemyss Bay ry. sta., pop. 757; P.O., T.O.; is a watering-place, and has a hydropathic establishment; Skelmorlie Castle, seat, is in vicinity.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Largs ScoP       Ayrshire ScoCnty
Place: Skelmorlie

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