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Ordnance Survey - Renfrew county, OS Name Books - Renfrew county - Volume 3 - Parish of Eaglesham, OS1/26/3

Continued entries/extra info

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County of Renfrew
Parish of Eaglesham

Names of Farms (continued)
Walkers etc
Mains
Stepend - [extinct]
Polnoon
Broadflat
Woodhouse
Park
Netherton
Over Enoch
West Ardoch
East Ardoch
Mid and Nether Enoch
Dam Head
Nethercraig
North High Craig
West [extinct] & South High Craig
East High Craig - [extinct]
Temples
Stonebyres
Upper Threepland
Nether Threepland
Drumduff - [extinct]

A good deal has of late been done by way of improving or reclaiming
waste lands, particularly about Threepland, the Ardochs, Kevochs,
Greenfields, Kirktonmuirs, Lochcraig, Binning etc.
There are two cotton-mills in the parish, one at Eaglesham, and
one at Millhall on a much Smaller Scale.

Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland :-
The river White Cart takes its rise out of the moors of Eaglesham
and East Kilbride, and in its course northwards divides the Counties
of Lanark and Renfrew. The water of Earn, a tributary of the Cart,
flows on the northwest of the parish, which is also watered by several
Rivulets, and contains two small lakes, Binnend and Lochgoin,
the latter giving name to a farmstead where dwelt John Howie,

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.

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