In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Kinlochspelvie like this:
Kinlochspelvie, a quoad sacra parish in Torosay parish, Mull island, Argyllshire, in the SE of Mull around Loch Spelvie, and containing Achnacraig hamlet, with a post and telegraph office under Oban. Constituted by the Court of Teinds in 1845, it is in the presbytery of Mull and synod of Argyll. The stipend is £120, with a manse and glebe worth £10 and £8 a year. The church, 9 miles SW of Achnacraig, was built in 1828. Pop. (1871) 388, (1881) 311, of whom 276 were Gaelic-speaking.
Kinlochspelvie through time
Kinlochspelvie is now part of Argyll and Bute district. Click here for graphs and data of how Argyll and Bute has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kinlochspelvie itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kinlochspelvie in Argyll and Bute | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22186
Date accessed: 21st May 2024
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