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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 14 - Parish of Colmonell, OS1/3/14

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 112

Sheet 67. Plan 16. Trace No. 5 Parish of Colmonel

"This place probably derives
its name from two Gaelic
words Coir a Just Right
and Thuir to obtain, or mair
lasting I.E. Having a legal
and lasting Right to the property.
The property (as Scottish History
too often reveals, might have been
confiscated for rebellion etc
and conferred by the King upon
another Family"

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 14 - Parish of Colmonell, OS1/3/14

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

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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