Entering Jamestown
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Entering Jamestown
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 15 Feb 2013
John Neill's 1912 book "Records and Reminiscences of Bonhill Parish" offers, on page 43, an explanation for the name Jamestown. I cannot vouch for its correctness, but it is worth quoting here, for interest: "In 1773 a schoolhouse was erected at Dam of Balloch, now called Jamestown, from the fact that three feuars whose individual Christian name was James, had each built a house there."
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Image Location
Latitude
55.990039
Longitude
-4.572523