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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROSBIE | Crosby Crosbie Crosbie Castle Crosbie Castle Crosbie Castle Crosbie Castle Crosby Crosby |
Chalmer's Caledonia Aitken's Map of Parish Mr Alexander Mr J Caldwell Paterson's Hist[History] of Ayr Estate Map New Stat Acct[Statistical Account] Johnson's Co[County] Map |
010 | A building erected sometime near the end of the 17th century which was long ruinous, but was repaired in 1834. It is on the site of a more ancient building which is considered to have been connected with the early ages, concerning which particular mention is made of the building as the Tower of Crosby in the New Stat. [Statistical] Account, however the present[underlined] improved or repaired building is on the Site[underlined] of the Castle Supposed to have been Sir Ronald Crawford's and is well Known in the County. The old Dovecote a little to the West of the Castle seems to be and is supposed to have been erected at or about the time the Castle was first erected. |
Continued entries/extra info
This name is written differently on the Estate Maps thus Corsbie[underlined] Crosby[underlined] and Crosbie the proprietor has adopted Crosbie in all his legal documents and general use
"Crosby. This property belongs to John Crawfurd of Auchnames, whose ancestor aquired it from his connections, the original family, of the same name and designation, about the beginning of last century. There is a small mansion house on it, erected near the end of the 17th Century, which was long ruinous, but is now being restored in good taste by the proprietor. Crosby was an ancient inheritance of the Crawfurds of Lowdon, Sheriffs of Ayr, and there seems great probability that it was [at] the original "Tower of Crosby" that the hero of Scotland, Wallace, found refuge with his uncle, Sir Ronald Crawfurd during his outlawry by the English Authorities. This incident, it is true, has often been assigned to Crosby in Kyle, but there seems great reason to think erroniously. Crosby in Cunningham [is] uniformly contradistinguished from the other as "Crosby Crawfurd" in all early writings; and the intelligent Chalmers, speaking of Crosby in Kyle, distictlystates it to have "belonged to the family of Fullarton in the 12th Century"
Pont thus alludes to the Tower of Crosby:- Crosby toure is the habitation of William Crawfurd of Auchnaims, by divers thought to be chieffis of the Crawfurds." New Stat Acct [Statistical Account]
Letters in possession of Mr Alexander from the proprietor and Factor Styles this "Crosbie"
Transcriber's notes
New Statistical Account Page 254
Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 63 - Parish of West Kilbride, OS1/3/63
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of West Kilbride.
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.