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Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 32 - Parish of Penninghame, OS1/35/32

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[Page] 31
Parish of Penninghame
Form 136 Page
80 Merton Hall
80 Barnean
41; 80 Hazley Green

[Notes]

By a Charter of James III dated the 10th December 1477. Myreton, in the
Parish of Penninghame, was granted, to John Kennedy of Blairquhan.
and made a burgh of barony. It no longer exists: a gentlemans seat called Myreton Hall being built
where the Village stood. Hist [History] Galloway Vol [Volume] 1 P [Page] 413 (note) Caledonia Vol [Volume] III p [page] 409

In Wigtonshire the Mackies once held the Barony of Myrton which was from them called Myrton Mackie to distinguish it from Myrton MacCulloch
Myrton Mackie, passed to the Herises when it was distinguished by the name of Myrton Heris. Chalmers Caledonia Vol. [Volume] III p [page] 389

"Barr" - The top, The uppermost part of any thing;
"Eang" A point of land, a skirt, a nook, a corner, a small portion etc
"Gaelic Dictionary"

Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 32 - Parish of Penninghame, OS1/35/32

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

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.

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