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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| NORTH KNAPDALE | North Knapdale North Knapdale North Knapdale North Knapdale North Knapdale North Knapdale North Knapdale North Knapdale |
Old Stat [Statistical] Account New Stat [Statistical] Account Fullarton's Gazetteer Sherriff's Returns Oliver & Boyd's Almanac Origines Parochiales County Map County Directory |
Various | "The whole district of Knapdale formed originally one parish, called Cil Mhic O Charmaig, the Burying ground of the son of O' Carmaig. This O'Carmaig is said to have been an Irish Saint, who founded the first church in Knapdale. In 1734 the district of Knapdale was divided into two parishes called North and South Knapdale. The name is very descriptive of the local aspect of the parish which is beautifully diversified by plains and valleys separated by hills, and watered by a multitude of small rivulates. The parish is a 13½ miles in length from north-east to south-west, and about 6 miles in breadth, including a narrow arm of the seawhich divides the parish into two nearly equal parts. It is bounded on the south & south-east by the parish of South Knapdale; on east & north-east, by the Crinan Canal & Loch Crinan, on the west & south-west by the Sound of Jura which separates that island from the mainland. |
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