Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Alton

Alton, a village in Loudonn parish, Ayrshire, 1½ mile N of Galston. The name is a contraction from Auldtown.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ayrshire ScoCnty

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