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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] 122,
Ph. [Parish] of Glencairn -- Plan 30/14 Trace 6

[written below Castlefern Water]: See remark on page 203
See Page 199 for various modes of Spelling Castlefairn
Note. "The Castlefairn Sometimes called the Cairn and thus prematurely wearing the honours
" which are contributed by the Craigdarroch and the Dalwhat— Comes in upon the Parish
" of Glencairn from Kirkcudbrightshire after having run a course of 4 miles from Loch Howie,
" in the Parish of Balmaclellan " Extract from Impl. [Imperial] Gazetteer of Scotland.

[Signed] P. Connell
Pte.R.S.&.M [Private Royal Sappers and Miners]

Transcriber's notes

Nether Kirkcudbright - there is faint writing below the ink entries in the 2nd/3rd columns - Kirkcudbright [---]

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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