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==Spelling variants==
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Kollam<br>
Modern name: Kollam
Variants: Quilon, Coilum, Coylangh, Coylang, Coelang, Qualla, Quallaan, Oualla (The latter variants are from this Cape of Good Hope List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAPE-OF-GOOD-HOPE/2011-11/1320555393 thread])
 
Variants: Quilon, Coilum, Coylangh, Coylang, Coelang, Qualla, Quallaan, Oualla


==Records==
==Records==
*[[BACSA]] have published a book entitled [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Cemeteries_and_monumental_inscriptions_reading_list The Malabar Coast : the burial registers of St Thomas' Church, Quilon and Christ Church, Trivandrum] which  details inscriptions of those buried there. The index of persons named therein can be searched at [http://bacsa.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php BACSA Search]. Applications can be made to BACSA for copies of relevant material.
*[[BACSA]] have published a book entitled [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Cemeteries_and_monumental_inscriptions_reading_list The Malabar Coast : the burial registers of St Thomas' Church, Quilon and Christ Church, Trivandrum] which  details inscriptions of those buried there. The index of persons named therein can be searched at [http://bacsa.frontis.co/bin/index.php BACSA Search]. Applications can be made to BACSA for copies of relevant material.


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_027.gif Quilon] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21'', page 21.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_027.gif Quilon] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21'', page 21.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA41 Quilon] page 41,  ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast"
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA41 Quilon] page 41,  ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast"
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/290/mode/1up St. Thomas' Quilon] page 290 ''The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras: Volume 2 : 1805 to 1835'' by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/290/mode/1up St. Thomas' Quilon] page 290 ''The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras: Volume 2 : 1805 to 1835'' by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/adescriptioncoa00barbgoog#page/n183/mode/2up "City of Coulam"] page 157 ''A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the beginning of the sixteenth century by Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese. Translated from an early Spanish manuscript in the Barcelona library'' with notes and a preface by Henry E. J. Stanley.  1866 Archive.org
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Quilon
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 8.88°N 76.6°E
Altitude: < 3 metres (9.8 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kollam
State/Province: Kerala
Country: India
Transport links

Also see Malabar

Quilon, present day Kollam, is a port on the Malabar Coast. It was situated in the Princely State of Travancore which had individual residency status under the Madras Presidency

A British garrison was stationed at Quilon in pursuance of a treaty between Travancore and the British.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Kollam

Variants: Quilon, Coilum, Coylangh, Coylang, Coelang, Qualla, Quallaan, Oualla

Records

External links

Historical books online

  • Quilon Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21, page 21.
  • Quilon page 41, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast"
  • St. Thomas' Quilon page 290 The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras: Volume 2 : 1805 to 1835 by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
  • "City of Coulam" page 157 A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the beginning of the sixteenth century by Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese. Translated from an early Spanish manuscript in the Barcelona library with notes and a preface by Henry E. J. Stanley. 1866 Archive.org