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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| RIVER NITH | River Nith Nith River River Nith River Nith River Nith River Nith River Nith River Nith |
Map of County attached to Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Ainslie's Map - 1820 Sinclair's Stat.Acct. vol [Statistical Account volume] 1 Page 115 Stat. Acct. of Kirkcudt. [Statistical Account of Kirkcudbright] 1845 Simpson's Description of Galloway - 1684 Grose's Ant. vol. [Antiquities Volume] 2 Page 171 Mr Welsh Provost Maxwelltown Mr McGowan Archt [Architect] |
027; 034 | [Situation] Running Southerly & passing the E, [East] side of Maxwelltown &. thence to its conflux with Solway Frith A. considerable river which [rises in] the SW. [South West] end of the Parish of [New] Cumnock in Ayrshire and [running through] the western portion of [Dumfriesshire] after receiving the River Cluden [East of] Lincluden College It then becomes [the] boundary between the counties of Kirkcudbright and Dumfries. It [becomes] considerably enlarged by the above then passing the town of [Dumfries] at length falls into the Solway [Firth]. The tide Swells the river at high [water] as far northward as Dumfries. In dry weather during a long extent of its [course] it is quite Small but when rain [falls] owing to the mountainous nature of the [Country] through which it runs It Suddenly Swells [to] a great extent inundating the grounds along [its] banks. It is navigable as far as Dumfries [where] vessels of from 30 to 80 tons burden come up to [the Port] Chiefly importing Coal & lime from Cumberland & exporting provisions to Liverpool etc, |
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Parish of Terregles
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Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 68 - Parishes of Terregles, Holywood, Dumfries and Troqueer, OS1/20/68
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Terregles, Holywood, Dumfries, and Troqueer.
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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