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No. 136.
[Page] 113
List of Names collected by Archibald Craig Pte. [Private] R. S. and M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st Examiner
[Column Headings]
Plan and Trace--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address
57C No. 9--Dundrennan Abbey (in Ruins)
Dundrennan Abbey (in Ruins)
Dundrennan Abbey (in Ruins)--Ruins--Dundrennan Abbey is situated within a few miles of Kirkcudbright of religious houses it is the oldest in the South of Scotland of which any remains are standing. This Abbey was founded A.D. 1142 by Fergus Lord of Galloway who filled it with Cistertian monks from the Abbey of Rievall [Rievaulx] in England. Sylvanus was the first Abbot of Dundrennan he was transferred to Rievall [Rievaulx] in 1167. The last of the Abbots was Edward Maxwell son of John Lord Herries after whose death James 6th annexed the Abbey of Dundrennan his Royal Chapel at Stirling.--Rerwick [Rerrick]--Thomas Edgar
James Gibson
Vide Statistical Account of Kirkcudbright Page 362
Dundrennan School
Free Ch [Church] School
[Description continues on Page 114]
[Signed Collector]
Archibald Craig Pte. [Private] R. S. and M. [Royal Sappers and Miners]
23rd January 1849
Transcriber's notes
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Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 154 - Parishes of Kirkcudbright and Rerrick, OS1/20/154
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Kirkcudbright, and Rerrick.
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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