Searching for "SCOURIE"

We could not match "SCOURIE" 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 13 possible matches we have found for you:

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  • You have just searched a list of the main towns, villages and localities of Britain which we have kept as simple as possible. It is based on a much more detailed list of legally defined administrative units: counties, districts, parishes, wapentakes and so on. This is the real heart of our system, and you may be better off directly searching it. There are no units called "SCOURIE" (excluding any that have already been grouped into the places you have already searched), but administrative unit searches can be narrowed by area and type, and broadened using wild cards and "sound-alike" matching:



  • 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 "SCOURIE":
    Place name County Entry Source
    Benstrome Sutherland Benstrome, a mountain in Eddrachillis parish, Sutherland, flanking the SW side of Loch More, and culminating 9 miles SE of Scourie. Groome
    Calva Sutherland Kyle Sku, 5½ miles S by E of Scourie; and the harbour is a narrow strait between the islet and the mainland. Groome
    Calva Sutherland Sutherlandshire -- islet, N. side of mouth of Kyle Sku 5½ m. SE. of Scourie; harb., between islet and mainland. Bartholomew
    Eddrachillis Sutherland Scourie, at the head of Scourie Bay, 21 miles S by W of Cape Wrath, 29 NNE of Loch Inver Groome
    Handa Sutherland Scourie. Measuring 1½ mile from E to W, and 1 mile from N to S, it has a proximately Groome
    Handa Island Sutherland Handa Island , Eddrachillis par., W. Sutherland, 3 miles NW. of Scourie; much visited for its rock scenery. Bartholomew
    Kylesku Sutherland Kylesku Inn, at Kylesku Ferry, is 18 miles NE of Lochinver and 11 SSE of Scourie.— Ord. Sur., sh. 107, 1881. Groome
    Lawsons' Rock Sutherland Lawsons' Rock , cliff, on road from Scourie to Durness, NW. Sutherland, at river Laxford. Bartholomew
    Laxford Sutherland Scourie, has a varying breadth of 3½ furlongs and 2 3 / 8 miles; sends off, from the middle of its N side Groome
    Loch Baddidaroch Sutherland Loch Baddidaroch , loch, Eddrachillis par., Sutherland, near Scourie. Bartholomew
    Scourie Sutherland Scourie as the seat and centre of their influence, assumed the designation of the Mackays of Scourie. One of this Groome
    Scourie Sutherland Scourie , vil., Eddrachillis par., Sutherland, on Scourie Bay, 43½ miles NW. of Lairg; P.O. Bartholomew
    Sutherland Sutherland Scourie Bay, the large Edderachylis or Eddrachillis Bay from which branch off Badcall or Badcaul Bay, Loch Cairnbawn [see Kylesku Groome
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