Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cumlodden

Cumlodden, a quoad sacra parish in Glassary and Inverary parishes, Argyllshire, on the NW side of Loch Fyne, its church (1841; 300 sittings) standing 1 mile WSW of Furnace and 8 miles SW of its post-town, Inverary. Constituted in 1853, it is in the presbytery of Inverary and synod of Argyll; the minister's stipend is £120. Two public schools, Cumlodden and Furnace, with respective accommodation for 78 and 110 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 48 and 78, and grants of £23,10s. 2d. and £78,6s. Pop. of q. s. parish (1871) 826, (1881) 837; of registration district of Cumlodden and Minard (1881) 1142.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a quoad sacra parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Argyll ScoCnty
Place: Cumlodden

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