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Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 18 - Parish of Crawford and Moffat, OS1/21/18

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"Once the lintel of Sir Bevis Bulmer's House at Glengonnar was till lately the following inscription (P.160)
"In Wanlock, Elwand, and Glengonnar I won my riches and my honour."
"In Spier moor in Glengonnar Water, in Clydesdale, Mr. Bulmer got store of gold, and there he built a very fair country house where he kept great hospitality. He purchased ground about it for cattle. By help of a water course, he got much straggling gold on the skirts of the hills and in the valleys, but none in solid places which kept him in great pomp, keeping open house to all comers, as is reported."(P.148) See Gold Scours (On the gold rocks of Great Britain and Ireland by J. Calvert.

Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 18 - Parish of Crawford and Moffat, OS1/21/18

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Crawford and Moffat.

Ordnance Survey - Lanark 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 Lanark, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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