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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 1 - Parish of Ardrossan, OS1/3/1

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 58

Sheet 016.1 Trace 3

Parish of Ardrossan County of Ayr

[Site of Church] in German Text


"The original church stood on the Castle hill
"of Ardrossan, but was blown away by
" a violent storm of wind in the year
"1691, when another was built about
"½ mile more inland, and in a more
"Sheltered Situation. About the year 1744
" this church was taken down and removed
"to Saltcoats, where the present one now
"Stands". New Stat [Statistical] Acct [Account]

"Of this edifice, which was taken down in 1744, there remains not a vestige. The plough during the lapse
" of a century frequently passed over its foundations, as well as over every grave that Slept in the [Shaddow ?]
"of its place, not sparing over that of the clergyman who officiated here a fragment of whose tombstone
"now forms past of an adjoining fence; and one of the name of Clarke his office and the dates [1739 ?]

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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 1 - Parish of Ardrossan, OS1/3/1

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Ardrossan.

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

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