Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAIG- EN -CROSS | Craig-en-cross Craigencross Craig-en -cross |
Robert McMicken Craigen-cross Stranraer James Ross George McHaffie factor Wigton |
009 | A good Dwelling house & Workshop with A Small Portion or Patch of Land atached & is all Planted except the Garden & where the House Stands . This Place derived its name from a large Stone which stood Convenient to this Place . Where the old Road from Stranraer to Leswalt Crossed . An old bridge or Narrow Road to Soleburn Mill . Hence Craig -en - cross or the Rock of the Cross. there is a current old Tradition that the Divil Killed A Minister of Leswalt at this Stone . This Stone cannot now be Seen As in making the New Road the Stone has been buried in rising the Road But Part of the old Road is visible at this place .See trace. Craigencross is Tenanted & occupied by Robert McMicken A Joiner Chief Proprietor Sir A. Agnew Bt. [Baronet] . |
Continued entries/extra info
List of Names collected by Private William Birkby -- 1st. Examiner -- Parish of Leswalt -- Plan 10 C Trace No. 3 -- [Page] 43
Object
Craig- en -cross - House & Field
[Signed] William Birkby
Private R S & M [Royal Sappers & Miners]
22nd April 1847
Transcriber's notes
On Six inch Plan 009
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 19 - Parishes of Kirkcolm, Inch and Leswalt, OS1/35/19
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Kirkcolm, Inch, and Leswalt.
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown 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 Wigtown, which is in the south west of Scotland.