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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 2 - Parish of Ardrossan, OS1/3/2

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The Manse West Kilbride
18th Decr [December] 1855.
Dear Sir
Yours in reference to the island
of Little Cumbrae I duly received, I deferred
writing you, till I should, if possible, get
some definite information on the subject.
The current opinion here was, that at a
period somewhat remote the farm of
Boydstone lying between this & Ardrossan
was by an "act of Excambion" annexed to
W [West] Kilbride "quoad civilia" & "quoad sa-
cra" to Ardrossan; while the Little Cum-
brae was annexed to Ardrossan "quoad
civilia" & to W.Kilbride "quoad sacra"
From the inquiries which I have made
this does not appear ever to have been
effected by a Legal Excambion: but
probably was an arrangement among
the parties interested for their mutual

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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 2 - Parish of Ardrossan, OS1/3/2

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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