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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 44 - Parish of Mauchline, OS1/3/44

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 61
County of Ayr
No. 21.
Ph. [Parish] of Mauchline

[Pencil Note] "was connected
with the Church or Priory
"Tower" would be the more
fitting designation -
What says Chalmers ? "


"An old edifice, the relic of the ancient
"priory, and the residence in Burn's days of Mr.
"Hamilton, called Mauchline Castle, and situated near the church, was the
"Scene of some of his amours, and contains a room in which he wrote his very
"profane parody called "the Calf." Fullartons Gazetteer.

"The church, forming part of the original Priory, it is supposed,
and with which the Tower at Mauchline is believed to have been connected, was
situated in the middle of the town, having the Church yard around it."
"Now that the Church has been removed, the Tower of Mauchline,
as it is called, may be the only remains of the ancient Priory"
Patersons History of Ayr.

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 44 - Parish of Mauchline, OS1/3/44

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

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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