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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 27 - Parish of Fenwick, OS1/3/27

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'At some distance from King's Well stood Pathelly Hall (Pathelly
Hall is probably a a popular mistake for Polkelly. Patersons History) a baronial residence
of the Cochranes, at that time a plan of some importance, but of which there is now
hardly a vestige." Hither one of the Jameses was proceeding to administer justice on
occasion of Some feud or foray." After a long ride over some difficult ground. " "His Majesty had
acquired an appetite too sharp to be compatible with comfort. He was obliged therefore to alight
at the nearest house, which happened to be a peasant's cottage. The gudewife supplied him with very
homely cheer." He was proceeding to depart, when the good woman told him her husband was one of the prisoners
whose trial had been the main object of his journey, that he surely would have the heart to hang a man after
having eat his breakfast sitting in his armchair. This appeal the rules of hospitality rendered *
* irresistable. When he reached Pothelly Hall, he singled out the
husband of his hostess, lectured him on the impropriety of his
conduct, and dismissed him, with an admonishment to be a
better bairn. He next commenced his investigation and found 18
of the prisoners guilty, hung them forthwith on a hawthorn, which
is still pointed out, and displays obvious marks of
great antiquity." Patersons History - taken from
the old Statistical Acct. [Account]
'The Hawthorn Tree has been destroyed
Some 40 years ago.

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 27 - Parish of Fenwick, OS1/3/27

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

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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