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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 46 - Parish of Maybole, OS1/3/46

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Parish of Maybole -- [Page] 55

[Below entry for Sauchrie:]
"Sauchrie" "It is mentioned without any comment in
Abercrummie's description of CarricK, but the name is rarely to
be found in any of the earlier documents". "Mr James Chalmers
of Sauchrie, an immediate branch of the Chalmerses of Gadgirth, his name occurs in the testament of John Henderson
of Woodstown in 1618".
Patersons Hist. [History] of Ayrshire.

Mr. William Porteous of Dalrymple says that the oldest part of this house, still preserved in good condition
was built by a Sheriff Wallace of Ayr, the celebrated John Loudon McAdam, the McAdamizer of our roads, built a large
addition to it and lastly Archibald Kelso Esq. as late as 1817 or 1818 built the last addition or made the house as it now stands, three
houses joined and communicating together.

[Below entry for Beoch]:
There never was a castle at this place as mentioned in the Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Mr
William Porteous of Dalrymple recollects the old Farmsteading, the dwelling house
a two storey plain building covered with thatch. None of the inhabitants ever heard
of a building at this place of more ancient date than the last mentioned.-

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 46 - Parish of Maybole, OS1/3/46

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

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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