Volume contents
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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loudoun. | Loudon Ph [Parish] Loudon Loudoun Loudoun Loudoun Loudoun Loudoun Loudoun Loudoun Loudoun |
Sheriff's List Chalmers' Caledonia New Statistical Account Old Statistical Account Paterson's History Full. [Fullarton's] Gazetteer Johnson's County Map Parish Map Directory Voters List |
020 | The name of the parish is generally understood to be derived from a very prominent object near its eastern boundary, Called Loudoun Hill. "The writer in the Old Statistical Account derives the name from the old word law, a fire, and don or dun, a hill;" "Chalmers, in his Caledonia, seeks for its etymology in a conjunction of the Saxon & Celtic Hlaew, or Lau, and Dun and in proof of this adduces some of the earlier charters, where the name is spelled Laudon." It is bounded on the N. [North] and N.E. [North East] by Eaglesham, & on the E. [East] by Avondale, Lanarkshire, on the S. [South] by Galston, and on the W. [West] by Kilmarnock & Fenwick. The shape of the parish is triangular. Extreme length from E. [East] to W. [West], about 8 miles. Width about 5 1/2, from N. [North] to S. [South] The antiquities are interesting, and will be found described in some of the following pages of this book. There are no detached portions of this parish in any other, nor of any other parish in this. |
Continued entries/extra info
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[Signed] John C Giles
O.S. [Ordnance Survey]
Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 43 - Parish of Loudoun, OS1/3/43
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Loudoun.
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.