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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORTRACK HOUSE | Portrack House Portrack House Portrack House Portract Portract Portract House Pertract |
Mr. Graham Mr. Nelson Mr. Thorburn Black's Co. [County] map Johnstone's Co. [County] map Stat: [Statistical] A/c [Account] of Dumfries Fullarton's Gazetteer. |
041 | [Situation] No. [Number] 1 On Trace 1 A neat mansion, with pleasure ground And plantations [occupied] by Mr. James Graham, property [of] John Harley Maxwell. In an original valuation of the [house] dated 26th march 1634 - the name is [--] The derivation of the name might be from Porter to carry and Rack - a shallow [ford] there may have existed a shallow in the Nith - over which passengers were carried. |
| LOWER PORTRACK | Lower Portrack, Lower Portrack, Lower Portrack, |
Mr. Graham Mr. Nelson Mr. Thorburn |
041 | [Situation] No. [Number] 20 On Trace 1. A dwelling house, buildings garden and farm, Occupied by George Nelson property of John Harley Maxwell, |
| THE LAKE | The Lake The Lake The Lake The Lake |
Mr. Graham Mr. Nelson Mr. Austin , Adm. [Admiral] Johnston of Cow hill |
041 | [Situation] No. [Number] 26 on Trace 1. A stream from Lower [Portrack] in an Easterly direction to [the] River Nith, supposed to [have] been the ancient boundary of Parish Holywood |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 8.
Sheet 41 Plan 13 Parish of Dunscore
[Signed] M Donohue C. A. [Civilian Assistant] Feb [February] 1855.
Transcriber's notes
There are initials JBJ below each of the entries in the Orthography and also initials(?) in the List of Names - Won?
Descriptive Remarks - first and last entries - letters/words lost in the page fold - best guesses inserted
Descriptive Remarks - Portrack House - the cut-off word on the 2nd last line is very likely to be 'ford'
since the Scots definition of Rack is (http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/rack_v1_n2)
6. A ford in a river (see 1825 quot.);
Dmf. 1834 Letters C. K. Sharpe (1888) II. 480:
The breaks in the narrative, like the racks in the Nith and Annan,
Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 25 - Parish of Holywood, OS1/10/25
This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Holywood.
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.