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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARDROSS | Cardross Cardross Cardross Cardross Cardross Cardross Cardross |
Old Stat. Act. [Statistical Account] New Stat. Act. [Statistical Account] Fullarton's Gazetteer Origs. Pars. [Origines Parochiales] Scotiae Chalmers' Caledonia County Map Sheriff's Returns |
The name of this parish may have originated either from Caer Ross "the Castle point" or Caer Ross "the point of the moorish ridge" the first derivation has reference to the point of land opposite Dumbarton Castle, upon which the parish church stood in old times, and the second to the physical characteristics of that point of land. The parish is of an irregular shape, and extends from north west, where it is bounded by the parish of Row, to south east where it is bounded by the Leven, its boundary on the south and west is the River Clyde, and on the east and north east the parish of Bonhill. Before the middle of the seventeenth century, Cardross did not extend much further west than the site of the present church, but when the parish of Row was detached from Rosneath, Cardross had added to it the whole of the valuable lands west to Camiseskan, in lieu of certain detached portions in Glenfruin, and Garelochside, which lay naturally into the newly formed parish. In the civil history of the parish |
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