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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 33 - Town of Kilmarnock, OS1/3/33

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County of Ayr -- Parish of Kilmarnock

"Tradition states that Lord Soulis was an English
"Nobleman, and that he was killed by an arrow from the
"crossbow of on of the Boyd family. McKay, in his 'History of
"Kilmarnock' gives the tradition at length, and mentions, in
"evidence of the Skirmish which is said to have taken place between
"the contending parties, that in 1825, Mr. Clark, farmer of Knockinlaw, and
"when cutting a drain near the spot where the encounter is said to
"have happened, found at a considerable depth beneath the surface
"a sword of rather Ancient appearance." - Paterson's History.

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 33 - Town of Kilmarnock, OS1/3/33

This volume contains information on place names found in the town of Kilmarnock.

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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