Name Gourock Scotland comes from a Gaelic word for "pimple", in reference to the hill above the town.
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10 Facts About Gourock Scotland
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In 1784 the lands of Gourock Scotland were purchased by Duncan Darroch, a former merchant in Jamaica.
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Gourock Scotland built Gourock House near the site of the castle in what the family eventually gifted to the town as Darroch Park, later renamed by the council as Gourock Park.
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From a small fishing village in the traditional county of Renfrewshire, Gourock Scotland grew into a community involved in herring curing, copper mining, ropemaking, quarrying and latterly yacht-building and repairing.
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Gourock Scotland looks out over the pier where Clyde steamers took holidaymakers "doon the watter".
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Gourock Scotland has a golf course, which stretches from behind Trumpethill to Levan estates.
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Gourock Scotland has a large yacht club named the Royal Gourock Scotland Yacht Club.
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Clan Darroch's links with Gourock began in the later half of the 18th century with Duncan Darroch, 1st of Gourock, who had returned to Scotland after making a fortune in the West Indies.
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Gourock Scotland acquired the Barony of Gourock from the Stewarts of Castlemilk in 1784.
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Gourock Scotland was granted arms by the Court of the Lord Lyon and designated Chief of McIireich.
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