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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IONA | Iona Iona Iona |
Mr. John McDonald Postmaster Mr. James McArthur, Iona Mr. Neil McKay, Iona |
104 | Iona, a small but celebrated Hebridean Island, containing a post office of its own name, and constituting a part of the quoad sacra parish of Iona, within the quoad civilia parish of Kilfinechen & Kilvickeon in Argyllshire. Iona is about 3 miles long from north-north east to south-south west, about a mile broad, and about 1,300 Scottish acres in area. It lies about 3/4 of a mile west of the south western extremity of Mull, 9 miles south-south west of Staffa, and about 36 miles west of the nearest part of the Scottish mainland". Extract from Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland. The island contains a School and two churches - the Established and Free. There is also a small village on the shore of the Sound which has a post office and three public houses holding beer licences only. |
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[Page] 42Sheet 104 P. [Plan] 16 -- Island of Iona -- Argyllshire
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Written partly on 104/15 &
partly on 104/16
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