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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINCLUDEN COLLEGE (Ruins of) | Lincluden Abbey Lincluden Abbey Lincluden College Lincluden College Lincluden College Linn Clouden College Lincludan College College of Lincluden Abbey of Lincluden Colledge or Provostry of Lincluden Lincluden College or Abbey of Lincluden |
Francis Wood Thomas Beck Joseph Walsh Esqr. Provost Map of Co [County] attached to Nicholson's Hist. [History] of Galloway Groses Antiquities Ainslie's Map. 1820 Chalmers Caledonia vol. [[Volume] 3 Page 309 Sinclairs Stat. Acct, [Statistical Account] Vol. Volume 1 Page 115 Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Kirkcudt [Kirkcudbright] 1845 Simpson's description of Galloway 1684 Mr McGowan Archt [Architect] Dumfries |
027 | [ Situation] 7/8 Mile North of Maxwellton A large ruin which was ori-ginally originally an Abbey of Benedictine nuns. It was built during the reign of King Malcolm IV. by Uthred father of Roland the Lord of Galloway about the year 1150. It remained a nunnery untill the year 1400 when it was changed by Archibald the Grim Earl of Douglas Lord of Galloway & Bothwell, etc, into a college or Provostry consisting of a Provost & 12 beadsmen This Earl died in 1400 & was interred in the Sacristy or vestry here. This Collegiate Establishment remained untill 1565 when it became a temporal barony from which period it has been the property of the Nithsdale family & is now in the possession of Marmaduke C. Maxwell Esq. of Terregles. The ruin though in a very dilapidated state has been much preserved [continued on page 14] |
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Parish of Terregles
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113 Lincluden Abbey
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 68 - Parishes of Terregles, Holywood, Dumfries and Troqueer, OS1/20/68
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Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county
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