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About Bute
Names
Also known as BUTESHIRE or Siorrachd Bhòid in Gaelic
Background
Source: Family Search, http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Buteshire,_Scotland_Genealogy Buteshire is a county on the western coast of Scotland consisting of the isles of Bute and Arran and the small isles of Inch-Marnock, and Great and Little Cumbray [mostly uninhabited], in the Firth of Clyde. It is separated on the north from Argyllshire by the straits called the Kyles of Bute, and on the west, from the penisula of Cantyre, by the Kilbrannan Sound. It comprises an area of about 257 square miles or 164,480 acres.
The Isle of Bute was for centuries the property of the Stuarts, descendants of Sir John Stuart, son of King Robert II. The Isle of Arran was for centuries the property of the Hamiltons. There are seven parishes. The civil business of the county is transacted at the royal burgh of Rothesay on the isle of Bute, which is the only town in the county. There are several villages.
Bute is diversified with hills for pasture and valleys for cultivation. Arran is rugged and mountainous, interspersed with glens. Both islands have fine bays.
Parish Resources
Parish No.
- Cumbrae 552 http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Cumbraes,_Bute,_Scotland_Church_Records
- Kilbride 553 http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Kilbride,_Bute,_Scotland_Church_Records
- Kilmory 554 https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Kilmory,_Buteshire,_Scotland_Genealogy
- Kingarth 555 http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Kingarth,_Bute,_Scotland_Church_Records
- Lochranza (see also Kilmory) 557 http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Lochranza,_Bute,_Scotland_Church_Records
- North Bute (see also Rothesay) 557 http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/North_Bute,_Buteshire,_Scotland_Church_Records
- Rothesay 558 http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Rothesay,_Bute,_Scotland,_Church_Records
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