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The following appear as names for Drakes Island. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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DRAKES ISLAND | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). | |
DRAKES ISLAND OR ST NICHOLAS ISLE | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
ST NICHOLAS ISLE | John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Drakes Island. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Drakes Island, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Drakes Island, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Drakes Island, in Plymouth and Devon | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22605/names
Date accessed: 14th October 2024