The availability of Historical information relating to Rosneath and it’s surrounds is significant. The following provides a small taste of the long and rich Heritage of our community that is of interest, and available to those developing the RosneathHistory.info site. As this site develops, this list and links of community related references, will grow. (Links in Blue)
By understanding our community’s historic environment and culture, we learn why things are that way today. In doing so we can connect to past communities of people and their often difficult and complex lives. Only through these references, the discussions, research and the activities that this site encourage, may we preserve the past and bring those stories and the lives of those that resided in these parts of our back to life.
Through this site and the potential worldwide reach we may promote the importance of history to the next generation, establish a sense of belonging, encourage tourism and also genealogical research.
If you wish to add to these resources please advise.
“None have passed as long as we remember their name.”
| Census, national – Decennial from 1841 (awaiting access) |
| Old Parish Registers: Rosneath, 1722-1854 (awaiting access) |
| Rosneath – Wikipedia |
| Rosneath Argyll & Bute – Gazetteer for Scotland |
| Rosneath Castle – House and Heritage |
| Rosneath Castle – Canmore |
| Rosneath, Clachan House Canmore |
| St Modan’s Parish Church, Rosneath Village LB42634 – Historic Environment Scotland |
| St Modan’s Parish Church, Rosneath – British Listed Buildings |
| Records of Rosneath/Roseneath, St Modan’s Kirk Session – National Records for Scotland (confirmation of records held) |
| Rosneath: St Modan’s Parish Church (Organ) – Sowne of Organe, Historic organs of Scotland |
| Ordnance Survey Name Books: Rosneath (1865) |
| Ordnance Survey Map Six-inch 1st edition, Rosneath Scotland, 1843-1882 |
| Ordnance Survey Map OS1:1,250/1:2,500, Rosneath Scotland, 1944-1967 |
| The Old Statistical account of Scotland 1791-1799 volume 4: – Roʃeneath Parish (1790) |
| The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845) Volume 8: – Roseneath Parish (1839) |
| The Third Statistical Account of Scotland – Dunbartonshire (1959) |
| Campbell, George Douglas, Duke of Argyll – Scotland as it was and as it is. VOL 1 (1887) |
| Campbell, George Douglas, Duke of Argyll – Scotland as it was and as it is. VOL 2 (1887) |
| Story, Robert. – Peace in believing a memoir of Isabella Campbell of Rosneath (1830) |
| Story, Robert Herbert. – Memoir of the life of Robert Story (1862) |
| Story, Robert Herbert. – Saint Modan of Rosneath (1877) |
| Story, Robert Herbert. – Creed and Conduct Sermons (1878) |
| Story, Elma and Constance. – Principal Story – Memoir of Robert Herbert Story by his Daughters (1909) |
| Story, J.L, Mrs Story’s Early Reminiscences (1911) |
| Story, J.L, Mrs Story’s Later Reminiscences (1913) |
| Maughan, W. C., – Rosneath Past and Present (1893) |
| Maughan, W. C., – Annals of Garelochside (1897) |
| Macleod, D. A., – Nonagenarian’s reminiscences of Garelochside and Helensburgh (1883) |
| Warr, C. L. – Alfred Warr of Rosneath (1917) |
| Warr, C. L. – The call of the Island (1929) |
| Warr, C. L. – The Glimmering Landscape (1960) |
| Trotter, Dr. John. – St. Modan’s Church Short Guide (1979) |
| Meiklejohn, Rev. William MA – St. Modan’s Church Rosneath 1766-1978 (1982) |
| Meiklejohn, Rev. William MA – Rosneath Papers (1982) |
| St. Modan’s Guidebook (Church Rosneath) (2005) |
| Macneur & Bryden – The Story of Helensburgh (1892) |
| Macneur & Bryden – Laing, Ronald M. – Helensburgh (Miligs Town) and Rhu (1973) |
| Macneur & Bryden’s Guide and Directory to Helensburgh and Neighbourhood 1875-1876 |
| Macneur & Bryden’s Guide and Directory to Helensburgh and Neighbourhood 1899-1900 |
| Macneur & Bryden’s – Rosneath and Clynder Views – Gareloch Yachting (1958) |
| Irving, Joseph – The History of Dumbarton. (1860) |
| Irving, Joseph – The book of Dumbartonshire – Volume 1 – County (1879) |
| Irving, Joseph- The book of Dumbartonshire – Volume 2 – Parishes (1879) |
| Irving, Joseph- The book of Dumbartonshire – Volume 3 – Portraits and Mansions (1879) |
| Ashworth, John. – The History of Helensburgh and the Surrounding Area (2002) |
| Reeve, R. A., Victorian Burgh: The Story of Cove and Kilcreggan (2005) |
| Young, Mary, John, (Painted), Munro, Neil (Described) – The Clyde River and Forth (1907) |
| Walker, Frank Arneil & Sinclair, Fiona. – The North Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide (1992) & |
| Pevsner (Frank Arneil Walker), The Buildings of Scotland – Argyll & Bute. (2000) |
| Building the Navy’s Bases in World War II – United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks |
| Rosneath Naval Base – Wikipedia |
| Rosneath, Rosneath Point, Green Isle, Military Camp – Canmore |
| UK Land Based Training Establishments – HMS Roseneath |
| Fleming, Arnold. – The Gareloch as military Port No. 1 (1949) |
| Royal, Dennis. – The United States Navy Base Two: Americans at Rosneath, 1941-45 (2002) |
| Buxton, Ian. – Shipbreaking at Faslane. (2020) |
| Hall, Keith. – The Clyde Submarine Base (1999) |
| Hall, Keith. – HM Naval Base Clyde (2012) |
| Cowan, William -1st Rosneath Boy Scouts 1912-1962 |
| Crum F. M., Major – The Isle of Rosneath (1948) – Guide for local Scouts |
| Prospectus for (proposed) Sale of Rosneath Estate (1870) |
| Paul, M.B.- John Smith and Tales of Gareloch. (1893) |
| Burrow’s Guide to Loch Lomond, Gareloch and Loch Long (1960s) |
| Thomson, W.S. – Let’s See Loch Lomond, Loch Long and Gareloch (1960s) |
| Campbell, Robert. D. – Loch Lomond and the Trossachs (1999) |
| Urquhart John; Helensburgh & District Access Trust. – The Three Loch’s Way, Linking Loch Lomond, Gareloch & Loch Long (2013) |
| Woods, Lynne & Vickers, Doug. – Helensburgh and the Rosneath Peninsula – The Guide Book. (2013) |
| Bray, A. & Reeve, R. – West Rosneath Peninsula Heritage Trail |
| Bray, A. & Reeve, R. – East Rosneath Peninsula Heritage Trail |
| MacArthur, I.C.;McCrorie, I & MacHaffie F.G. Steamers of the Clyde and Western Isles. (1965) |
| Stromier, George & Nicolson, John – Steamers of the Clyde (1967) |
| McCrorie, Ian & Monteith, Joy. – Clyde Piers. (1982) |
| Deayton, Alaistair. – Clyde Coast Piers. (2010) |
| The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (Scottish Branch). – More Clyde Steamers remembered. (2001) |
| Henderson, John G.D. – Gareloch Goddesses. (1959) |
| Bain, John – Motor Yacht Building. (James A. Silver Ltd). (1930) |
| Civil Service Retirement Fellowship – Survey of Rosneath Old Churchyard (1989) |
| Mitchell, John Fowler & Mitchell, Sheila. – Dumbartonshire Monumental Inscriptions, Pre 1855 (1969) |
| Osborn, Brian. – Helensburgh & Garelochside in Old Pictures (1980) |
| Osborn, Brian. – Helensburgh & Garelochside in Old Pictures – Second Edition. (1984) |
| Dayton Patricia. – Helensburgh in old Postcards, Volume 1. (1996) |
| Hood, John. – Old Helensburgh, Rhu & Shandon. (1999) |
| Crawford, Kenneth & Roberts, Alison. – Around Helensburgh (1999) |
| Hall, Keith. – Old Garelochhead & Rosneath Peninsula. (1999) |
| Hall, Keith. – Rosneath & Gareloch (2002) |
| Hall, Keith. – Around Gareloch & Rosneath Peninsula. (2000) |
| Sanders Chris. – Helensburgh & Rhu. (2016) |
| Dayton Patricia. – Helensburgh, Past & Present. (1999) |
| Liddle, Colin. – Scenes of Old Helensburgh – Video. (1913-1997) |
| Ralston, Gary. – The Gallant Pioneers, Rangers 1872. (2009) |
| Ralston, Gary. The Gallant Pioneers Rangers 1872 – 150th Anniversary Edition (2021) |
| Sandra Kelly & Tam Ward – North Clyde Archaeological – Society United States Navy WW II Base Two, Rosneath (2021) . |
| Tony Belk – Rosneath – War Fallen WWI & WWII (2019) |