Volume contents
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- 439 - Sanquhar , Title Page
- 440 - Sanquhar , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOMFIELD | Broomfield - | The Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson, James McColl. Crawick Mill. James Lorrimer Crawick Mill. |
006 | Five cottages in tolerable repair occupied by labouring men, sit- -uated on the east side of the old Sanquhar & Glasgow Road - They are they [the] property of the Duke of Buccleuch - Broomfield is said to have been so called from the fields in its vicinity having been covered with broom, some of which is still pointed out. |
| ST BRIDE'S WELL | St: Bride's Well. St: Bride's Well. |
Dr [Doctor] Simpson Mr Williamson The origl. [original] St. [Saint] Bride's Well is covered by the Railway so that this is a misapplication of the Name, tho' [though] at sometime this Spring may be a [?runner?] thereform. - |
006 | Respecting this well, Dr. [Doctor] Simpson writes (Hist: [History] of Sanquhar) - "A little to the north of the church was the famed well of St: [Saint] Bride, a monkish fountain, which sent forth its limpid waters from the sunny slope of a verdant bank; |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page:] 123,
Parish of Sanquhar. -- Sheet 6-10. Trace No. [Number] 3.
[BROOMFIELD - Situation:]
½ mile South
of Crawickmill
[ST BRIDE'S WELL - Situation:]
30 Chains South
of Crawickmill -
[Page is signed:]
Thomas Matheson CA [Civilian Assistant]
Transcriber's notes
BROOMFIELD: two Authorities are assigned to Crawick Mill by a bracket, I have transcribed as if 'ditto'.
ST BRIDE'S WELL: the comment regarding the name in the Various modes column contains a word which I transcribe as 'runner', but I am not sure this is correct.
The Descriptive Remarks regarding ST BRIDE'S WELL are continued in the following two pages (quotation from History of Sanquhar).
Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 44 - Parish of Sanquhar, OS1/10/44
This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Sanquhar.
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.