Kilcreggan
"KILCREGGAN, town on south coast of Roseneath peninsula, Dumbartonshire.
It stands opposite Gourock, 3 1/2 miles north-west of Greenock; took its name from
an ancient chapel long since extinct; has nearly all been built since 1840; is a
much esteemed summer resort and watering-place; consists
chiefly of villas and ornate cottages on a stripe of coast upwards of a mile long;
has a post office with all departments, designated of Dumbartonshire, a steamboat
pier, Established, Free, and United Presbyterian churches, and a public school with
about 137 scholars; was designed in 1880 to have waterworks;
and, together with Craigrownie and Cove, curving round to Loch Long, forms a police
burgh. The population of the burgh at census of 1881 was 816; but in the summer
months was probably five times more."
[From The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, 1882.]
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Last updated: 15th March 2002, 05:13
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