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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of the BATTLE OF LANGSIDE | Battle Field of Langside Battle Field of Langside |
N. Thomson Esq Camphill Mr Finlay Pathhead Rev Dr [Reverend Doctor] Smith Cathcart |
013.06 | The field on which the claim of Queen Mary to the Scottish Crown was decided on the 13th May 1568 A detailed account of which is given in Sir Walter Scott's Novel of the abbot According to the most popular account of it Quen Marys Troops were on their march from Hamilton to Dumbarton, And the Regent Murry learning that Circumstance, marched from Glasgow to meet her drawing up a detachment of his Horse about the place where the farm house of Pathhead now stands Interupting the further progress of the Queens troops. When the Battle ensued the result of which is well Known by all readers of Scottish history |
Continued entries/extra info
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County of Renfrew Parish of Cathcart
"To the S.W. [South.West.] of the eminence on which the remains of the Roman encampment are to be seen, and nearly on the ridge of the same long hill, whose other elevated extremity is crowned by Langside House, stands the village of Langside, rendered ever memorable in Scottish history, by the fatal day when the lovely but ill starred Mary appeared for the last time as a queen & a free woman. A sufficiently accurate detail, to which tradition can add nothing, of the battle fought on that eventful day, the 13th of May 1568, fraught with so many real blessings to Scotland:- yet even now contemplated with mixed feelings of pleasure & pain by every leal hearted Scotsman, is given by every writer of Scotch history, and the minute discrepancies which appear in their several naratives would not probably have existed, had they been better acquainted with the localities of the scene of action.
New Statistical Acct [Account]
Transcriber's notes
Further details re Battle added as extra info.
Re extra info cannot determine the full word which ends in "hearted' on 13th line.
Ordnance Survey - Renfrew county, OS Name Books - Renfrew county - Volume 2 - Parish of Cathcart, OS1/26/2
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Cathcart.
Ordnance Survey - Renfrew 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 Renfrew, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.