Arrochar, Tarbet & Ardlui Heritage Group Forum » The Tarbet Hotel

My family comes from the Loch Lomond area and I have, sadly, been the first generation to grow up away from it. Anyway, over the past year I have been trying to piece together a history of my family and its connections in the Balloch, Helensburgh and Tarbet area.

In particular, and where I hope someone on this Forum can help, there is some connection with the Tarbet Hotel. I believe that at some point, it was owned in the family. I am not sure when this would have been, but almost certainly before the First World War. Sadly, all the family members who would have been able to answer this have passed on. I am afraid that I do not even know which branch of the family it would have been, but the surname would have been either Davie or Partington - both of whom probably (Davie certainly) hailed from Balloch.

All I have now is a collection of silverware and other memorabilia which once upon a time I was told came 'from the hotel'.

If anyone can help with a potted history of the hotel I would be very grateful. Otherwise, if anyone can point me in the right direction, that would be much appreciated. I am afraid it seems very hard getting any hard information about the hotel, only that it was built some time between 1810 and 1837 (depending on the source) and is now owned by WA Shearings!

Many thanks

Hi Richard,
Thanks for your post. The only research I've had for the web site was further back in time when the Pyle family owned the hotel. If you keep your eye on ebay then smetimes old documents, like receipts appear and the y will have the proporietor's name on there. I'll see what I can find out for you........
Kind regards,
Howard

Hi Richard, if you go to the Heritage trail button on the website, scrol down till you come to The Village of Tarbet. There you will find a button saying documents, from there select the letter headed 'Dinner for Mr MacPherson. This will give you a potted history of the hotel and you will see that it is much older than you first though. I thought the hotel was owned by the local landowner - the Colquhouns' and leased out.

Mary Haggarty.

Thank you both for your replies. I am unfortunately living the life of a nomad at the moment, but later in the year I will be reunited with all my paperwork.

There are so many names in the list for the dinner that I am sure that I can cross reference something out of all this.

Once again, very many thanks

Richard