Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Jamestown

Jamestown.-- town and quoad sacra par. with ry. sta., Bonhill par., Dumbartonshire, in Vale of Leven, 1 mile SE. of Balloch pier at foot of Loch Lomond - par., pop. 2925; town, pop. 2171; P.O.; at Jamestown are some of the largest printworks in Scotland.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "town and quoad sacra parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Dunbartonshire ScoCnty
Place: Jamestown

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