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Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 41 - Parish of Mouswald, OS1/10/41

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 31.
Parish of Mouswald -- Plan 56/6 Trace 3

*Tower would be improperly applied to this antiquity, as the remains thereof show the Structure to have been a "Place" (Castle) of Considerable strength and dimensions compared to all others for miles around. Its original proprietor Sir Simon Carruthers seems from ancient records and also Monuments yet extant in the vicinity to have been a person of great Note,-besides being claimed by Queensberry family as a progenitor. The modern house cannot, along, with lands, aspire even to the more modern acceptation in nomenclature of the word "Place", for altogether as a property it is trifling and more akin to a "Mains" (Farm).

[Signed] Samuel S. Hill
Lce. Corpl RS&m [Lance Corporal Royal Sappers & Miners]

Transcriber's notes

Mouswald Place - List of Names - written below 'Mouswald Place' is: approved of by Mr. Threshie
- Authority - entry 4 - unknown abbreviation before A.B. murray and arrow pointing to this name from Rev. A.B. Murray
- Descriptive Remarks - 'Esq' is an abbreviation that doesn't require expanding, but Esqre (superscript 're') is written here so I have expanded it

Tower - Various modes - I have included '(Remains of)' as part of the Do.
- Authority - entry 5 - same unknown abbreviation before A.B. Murray and arrow pointing to this name from Rev, A,B Murray

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 41 - Parish of Mouswald, OS1/10/41

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

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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