Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SALT PANS | Salt Pans Salt Pans |
William Horner (Herd) Salt Pans (via) Stranraer John McCutcheon (Herd) Larbrax (via) Stranraer |
015 | Situated on the North side of Salt Pans Bay and it takes its name from a ruin which is said that salt had been manufactured |
| FORT POINT | Fort Point Fort Point |
William Horner, (Herd) Salt Pans (via) Stranraer John McCutcheon, (Herd) Larbrax (via) Stranraer |
015 | This portion of rock takes its name from a fort which the track is visible and is generally called the fort point. |
| SALT PANS BAY | Salt Pans Bay Salt Pans Bay Salt Pans Bay |
William Horner (Herd) Salt Pans (via) Stranraer John McCutcheon (Herd) Larbrax (via) Stranraer John Ainslies' Map published in the year 1782 |
015 | This Bay is open but has a deal of rocks, some of them are along & craggy and several bolders thro' [through] the Bay. it takes its name from the old ruins which it is said that salt had been manufactured and that the Salt had been landed in that place |
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List of Names collected by C.A. [Civil Assistant] Thomas Jordan 1st Examiner
[Parish of] Leswalt
Plan 15A Trace 1
Objects
Salt Pans - Ruins of an old House
Fort Point - Rock
Salt Pans Bay - Bay
[Signed] Thomas Jordan C.A [Civil Assistant]
Transcriber's notes
Feint pencil notes
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 33 - Parishes of Leswalt and Portpatrick, OS1/35/33
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Leswalt and Portpatrick.
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.