Volume contents
- 1 - Beith , Index
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- 157 - Beith , Title page
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST BRIDGET'S CHAPEL (Ruins of) | St. Bridgets Chapel St Bridget's Chapel St. Bridget's Chapel |
Paterson's Hist. [History] of Ayr John Love Esqr Threepwood J Dobbie Esqr Grangevale Beith William Love Esqr Hamilfield R Patrick Esqr of Trearne New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
008 | The Ruins of a Chapel dedicated to St Bridget - the south and west walls are about 5 feet high. the North and west walls are still visible above the ground, The Chapel in form was nearly square - there is no tradition about it in the neighbourhood - the New Stat Acct [Statistical Account] says "A Chapel to St Bridget had previously been founded by the monastery of Kilwinning the ruins of which still exist situated on a hill which had been used as burying ground - The Chapel must have fallen to ruins about the Reformation - There is no-one at present who can point out the Site of the burying ground |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 117
County of Ayr -- Parish of Beith Sheet 008.11
"In the parish of Beith there were two chapels, before the Reformation;
one of them stood, where the present parish Church now stands;
but it has been almost entirely demolished; the other chapel, which
was dedicated to St. Brigid, stood on the lands of Trearne, which
is now called Treehorn; and had two acres of land belonging to it.
This Chapel, and its lands, belonged to the Monastery of Kilwinning;
and passed into lay hands, by a grant, in 1594: This Chapel has also
been demolished, though some vestiges of it are still extant".
Chalmers Caledonia
S. [Sixth] Vol. [Volume] Page 557-8
"Giffen was given by Walter de Mulcaster to
Alexander de Nenham as his subvassal. He granted to the monastery
of Dryburgh a half caracute of 50 acres of land in the lordship of
Giffen, at which a Chapel to St. Bridget had previously been founded
by the monastery of Kilwinning, the ruins of which still exist, situated
on a hill which had been used as a burying ground, with an uncommonly
fine spring well, called St. Bridgets Well, at the bottom" See St. Bridgets Well
in a former page of this Name book. New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 12 - Parish of Beith, OS1/3/12
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Beith.
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.