Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMRIGS | Comrigs Comerings |
Mr. Mather. Factor Robert Currie Bar: [Baron} Officer Estate Map Ainslies Ph. [Parish] Map New Stat [Statistical] Account |
017.14 | This name applies to several enclosed lands which at one time formed a farm. These enclosures are situated west of the village. |
| KIRKTON SANDS | Kirkton Sands | Estate Map Mr. Mather. Factor Robert Currie Bar: [Baron] Officer |
017.14 | This name applies to enclosed lands situated east of the Village. They at one time formed a farm. |
| EAGLESHAM [village] | Eaglsham | Mr. Mather. Factor Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Colville Estate Map. New Stat. [Statistical] Account etc. etc. |
017.14 | This village consists of two principal Streets nearly paralel, and contains 122 houses. [The] tenements are held on a feu of 999 years [at] trifling cost. The population is poor, and composed principally of weavers, of whom 400 work at the handloom, and 2[?] are employed in a cotton factory situated in the middle of the village. It is in the presbytery of Glasgow, Stipend £278.14.6, appropriated tiends £856.2.5, patron, Allan Gilmour Esq. present incumbent, the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Colville. It contains a church, two dissenting places of worship, besides rooms by different sects as preaching places. The parish [school] contains about 90 Scholars, besides which, there are two [others] containing respectively about 40 & 30 scholars. 40 of the [?] children attend in one or other of these Schools. No m[?] is held here. See historical extracts affixed to end of book for further particulars. |
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[County of Renfrew
Parish of Eaglesham]
Ordnance Survey - Renfrew county, OS Name Books - Renfrew county - Volume 3 - Parish of Eaglesham, OS1/26/3
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Eaglesham.
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.