Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STROQUHAN'S POOL | Stroquhans Pool Stroquhan's Pool Stroquhan's Pool |
William Robinson Peter McLellan Statistical Acct. [Account] |
043 | [Situation] About 3/8 mile E.S.E. [East South East] of Rusco. A Small deep pool in the Water of Fleet, which has [its] name from a person called Maxwell (Laird of Stroquhan in Dumfriesshire) who was in 1699 drowned here, under the following Circumstances, he had been on a Visit to a Gentleman called Brown a resident in Bushy Bield near Anwoth, for whose [daughter] Jane Brown, Maxwell was said to entertain an Attachment, but being unsucessful in his address to the young Lady, & On the [?] Same day, it is said he left Bushy Bield [abruptly] & was drowned in the Water of Fleet in the pool which has been ever since called Stroquhan's Pool, in Commemoration of the Mournful Accident. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 20 Parish of Anwoth & Girthon
Form 136 Page 50 Stroquhan'a Pool
Transcriber's notes
Some of the right hand words under 'Description' are obscured
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 126 - Parishes of Girthon and Anwoth, OS1/20/126
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Girthon, and Anwoth.
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright 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 Kirkcudbright, which is in the south west of Scotland.
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