Volume contents
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- 236 - Kirkconnel , Title Page
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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINGLAND LANE | Fingland Lane | Johnston's County Map. James Baty. Alexander Stuart. William Wilson. |
001; 002 | [Situation] From Blood Moss on N [North] Wn. [Western] Parish Boundary. E. [East] S. [South E. [East] to Glengap Burn". A deep, sluggish stream, flowing from west to east through the [low] Swampy ground that lies between GlengobberRigg and white Hill It bears the name from its source in the Co [County] of Ayr through the Blood Moss until it falls into Glengap Burn at Fingland from which place it takes [its] name. |
| POLMARLACH BURN | Polmerlach Burn (pronounced) pimerlach or pimarlach Polmarlach Burn |
Alexander Stuart James Baty. John Laing. William Wilson. See Page 33 |
001; 005 | [Situation] On Wn [Western] Parish Boundary.- A small stream having its Source on the west side of Glengobber Rigg and flowing with a rapid descent in a northerly Course until it [enters] the Fingland Lane on the Edge of Blood Moss. From its source [until] its junction with the moss, its course forms the boundary between the Counties of Ayr and Dumfries. {The name is probably compounded of "poll" _ stream, & "leac", a [] "mear", wanton,} |
| BLOOD MOSS | Blood Moss. | William Wilson Alexander Stuart. John Laing. |
001 | A moss of inconsiderable Extent, situated to the south & at the base of Friar-minnan Hill. It may possibly have been so called from its dark [sombre] colour produced by a Combination of the crimson tints of the heather-flower with the dark brown of the loam which forms its Subsoil . |
Continued entries/extra info
Parish of Kirkconnel-- Sheet 1.8. Trace No. 2-- [Page] 8
[Signed] C. A [Civilian Assistant] Thomas Matheson
Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 30 - Parish of Kirkconnel, OS1/10/30
This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Kirkconnel.
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.