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Ordnance Survey - Moray county, OS Name Books - Moray county - Volume 21 - Parish of St Andrews Lhanbryd, OS1/12/21

Continued entries/extra info

[page] 87
the lands in the vicinity of Elgin, and John Innes Esq. writer to the
Signet, has Dunkinty towards the east, and a small farm was in the ..... -- There was a mansion of this name, its site cannot now be
last generation, given by Gordon of Cairnfield, for the support of the .... -- got not Known in this Ph [Parish]
Episcopal Chapel in Elgin. The only language of the parish is
Scots. The names of the places, in general, are of that language, such as
Hornhead, Hairstones, Hollow-wood, and Cockstown. ........................... -- Written Scotstonhill, Hairstones Hallowood, and Coxton.
Although the people of Teinland are at liberty to choose any church ..... -- This is not at present the case
most convenient, they are bound to mill in their own parish of Elgin. .... -- See reply to this in page 5

The following is taken from Leslie's Survey of the Province of Moray
In this parish, the chapel of Kilnalemnock was probably ........................ -- Site cannot be found
an apartment consecrated within the castle of Forresterseat ................ -- Site cannot be found
and upon its demolition would naturally fall into St. Andrews:
and the chapel of Inchbroom must have been disposed of in the
same manner upon the suppression of the Priory of Urquhart .............. -- Site shewn in the Ph [Parish] of Urquhart
upon which it is supposed to have depended. It does not appear
that there ever was a burial place but at the last of these chapels.
In 1780 the parish was formed into its present shape by the annexation
of St. Andrews to Lhanbryd. The former burying grounds were
continued, but the parochial church is erected in a situation more
commodious for the people in general, than the old churches were
for their respective congregations. In 1794 the schools which were
at St. [Saint] Andrews and Lhanbryd were, by the proprietors of the parishes
and the presbytery, conjoined into one parochial school and the buil- ....... -- shewn
ding erected contiguous to the church

In replying to remarks on Antiquities etc, in the parish;
the Superintendent of Examinors will supply all the local
information he can obtain, and state what steps he has
taken to obtain such information.

Signed
C. W. Wilson
Capt. R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers]

[letter from second column]
Sir
In collecting information
regarding the antiquities
in this Ph [Parish] I called upon
the Revd [Reverend] Mr Davison minister
of the Ph [Parish] Mr Copeland school
master, and Several other
Gentlemen to whom I was
referred for information and
from the information they
imparted to me. I inserted
The different objects on
plans
[signed] John Donovan
Lce Corpl R.E. [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]

Ordnance Survey - Moray county, OS Name Books - Moray county - Volume 21 - Parish of St Andrews Lhanbryd, OS1/12/21

This volume contains place name information from the parish of St Andrews Lhanbryd.

Ordnance Survey - Moray 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 Moray, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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