Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCH 1545 | Church Church Church |
Rev. [Reverend] John Christison Mr James Morrison Mr Robert Glen |
034.09 | The parish church, which was collegiate, and founded by Malcolm Lord Fleming, in 1545, who liberally endowed it for a provost, eight prebends, four singing boys, and six poor men. It is in the form of a cross, with a square tower in the middle, but the steeple was never finished. Situated in the middle of the grave yard & is in good repair. |
| SCHOOL [Biggar] | School School School |
Rev [Reverend] John Christison Mr James Morrison Mr Robert Glen |
034.09 | The parish school, a neat one storey slated building in a good repair. In 1767 William Law, Biggar, mortified £41 and in 1817 William Nisbett, Biggar, mortified £40, the interest of both sums to be applied in educating poor children. Education afforded - English, writing, arithmetic, geography, Greek, Latin, French, & mathematics. Average attendance 180 |
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Parish of Biggar
Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 3 - Parish of Biggar, OS1/21/3
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Biggar.
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.