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Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 21 - Parish of Glencairn, OS1/10/21

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 116,
Parish of Glencairn -- Plan 30—14 Trac 3

[Signed] P Connell
PteRS&m [Private Royal Sappers and Miners]

Transcriber's notes

Renwick's Monument - Authorities - 'Young' is spelt wrong
- Descriptive Remarks. There are a number of mistakes. The actual Inscription is as follows:

IN MEMORY OF
the late
REVD. JAMES RENWICK.
the last who
Suffered to Death
for
Attachment to the Covenanted Cause
of CHRIST
in SCOTLAND:
Born
Near this Spot.
15th Feby. 1662:
and Executed
at the Grafsmarket Edinburgh.
17th Feby. 1688.
"The Righteous shall be in
Everlasting Remembrance."
Psal CXII=6.
Erected by Subscription
A: D. MDCCCXXVIII.

[Psalm is 112, Erection year is 1828]
See photo:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Inscription_on_Renwick_Monument_Moniaive..jpg

Cottage Row - Authorities - 'Collow' is spelt wrong
Descriptive Remarks - 'Proprietor' either seems to be spelt wrong or is poorly written

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 21 - Parish of Glencairn, OS1/10/21

This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Glencairn.

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Dumfries, which is in the south west of Scotland.

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