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Colgrain

Coordinates: 55°59′06″N 4°41′10″W / 55.985°N 4.686°W / 55.985; -4.686
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Colgrain
Colgrain is located in Argyll and Bute
Colgrain
Colgrain
Location within Argyll and Bute
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CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUMBARTON
Postcode districtG82
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55°59′06″N 4°41′10″W / 55.985°N 4.686°W / 55.985; -4.686

Colgrain is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located to the east of Helensburgh.[1]

The name Colgrain is known from at least 1377 when Sir William Denzeltoun (of Colgrane) gives his consent to a grant made by his father, Sir John Denzeltoun of that Ilk, to the church of Glasgow.[2]

See also

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Janet Hamilton Campbell Conversation Pictures - Children of Colin Campbell of Colgrain and Camis Eskan by Daniel Macnee, 1845
Camis Eskan House, a listed building in Colgrain

References

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  1. ^ "Colgrain: Overview". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Some account of the family of Dennistoun of Dennistoun and Colgrain". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ^ "No. 43873". The London Gazette. 14 January 1966. p. 435.
  4. ^ "William Middleton Campbell". gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2015.