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Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 44 - Parish of Sanquhar, OS1/10/44

Continued entries/extra info

[Page:] 199.
Parish of Sanquhar -- Plan 6/14 Trace 6

[LADIES CHAMBER - Situation:]
In River Nith

[Page is signed:]
Samuel S Hill
Lce. Corpl [Lance Corporal] RS&M [Royal Sappers and Miners]

Transcriber's notes

Table rows for CARDING MILL (nr Euchan Bridge) Map ref 006, and EUCHANFOOT Map ref 006 have been deleted - not on the image. Neither are they in the index for this volume. EUCHANFOOT has been struck out on the page - see below.

An entry for "Euchan Carding Mill" has been struck out with the comment:
Known in the district
as Blair's Mill i.e. [that is] William Blair is
the Occupier, hence that name

An entry for "Euchanfoot" has been struck out in favour of Mill house (Authority William Blair) and the comment:
There is no documentary, or other evidence
to substantiate this name, the occupier
Mr. William Blair States that he built it
himself. did not give it any name, In the
Rent Receipt the land attached is
named part of Glengap, a few chains
North of this formerly Stood an old house
which it is said was named Euchanfoot.
not the present building

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.

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