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Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 121 - Town of Dunfermline, OS1/13/121

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retinue of men great in their generation - men of renown -
6th. In the "Nave of the Abbey" Church" you have "Gillespie
Grave" - These words spread over a large Surface without
indicating the precise spot - I think if the wording was
placed in a direction from north to south it would enable
you to indicate with accuracy - Commendatory Pitcairns "
Monument" is right and I think if you put down names it
would be well to do them all in the same way - You forgot
George Dury Abbot of Dunf. [Dunfermline] - The Pitfirrane & Keavel burial
places or tombs all in the Nave but the latter on the south
side -
7th. "St Margaret's Chapel" you have as if it were an actual
building at the present day - whereas only a very low fragment
of two walls remain along with the plinth Stone of her once
celebrated shrine - I think some distinction should be made
in this - the date 1250 is right - always minding that this is
the date of her translation from the old nave to this spot
8th. A little above where you have "Remains of the Queens
House" I see site of "The Regality House" "Site of the
Constabulary House" these are not properly indicated
I have copied these plan into the rough plan I send with
this - which plan was done in 1790 and you may rely on
it being very exact
9th. "Beeally Garden" - should be Bee-alley Garden
10th. "Abbots-Hall" should be as in its title deeds - viz
Abbots House - the popular name - however
is "Commendatory House" probably because the last
person who was principal of the Abbey was as
Commendator and he resided and died in this house
I thinK this is all that occurs to
me. I fear I have been too tedious - if so, excuse me.
I am a native of Dunfermline and take great
interest still in its Antiquarian History - I may
further add. that plain lettering would be much
preferable to the ornamented squills of letters - black
small plain letters would be readable If you have any
more of Dunfermline Plan done & if you send it to me
I shall look over it and maKe any remarKs which
may appear to me to be necessary - When I was
in
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[Notes in margin] -- [6th] [?] site
[?] shows this
? [at George Dury]
? [at South Side]

[7th] It is St Margaret Tomb
[Initialled] JB

[8th] Site of the
Constabular
[and?] Regality
House

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Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 121 - Town of Dunfermline, OS1/13/121

This volume contains information on the place names found in the town of Dunfermline.

Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties

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 counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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