Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORTSLOGGAN | Portsloggan Portsloggan Postlogan |
James Ross Portsloggan By Portpatrick Robert Cowan Knock & Maize By Portpatrick John Johnston Knock & Maize By Portpatrick |
015 | A tolerable good Farm House. with out offices including a thrashing Mill, (worked by Horses) all of which are in pretty good repair. The Farm Consists of about 220 acres, the Greater part of which is arable, but of an inferior quality, owing to it being So Rocky, and the Soil light- It is Bounded on the South by Knock & Maize On the N.E. [North East] by the Glake. and on the West by the SEa. (on the N.W. [North West] Side of this Farm , Is two Forts. One of which has been leveled down when the field was ploughing, nothing now remains of it but this Site, the other to the North of it Surround by a Drain. and is Situated on a rising eminence, (The former is a hollow) the are Supposed to have been places of Strenght . Proprietor the Earl of Stair Tenanted by James Ross.- |
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[Page] 57 -- Plan 15B Trace No. 2 -- [Parish] of Leswalt
List of Names Collected by John Callanan C. Asst. [Civilian Assistant]
Objects
Portsloggan - A Farm House
[Signed] John Callanan
C.A. [Civilian Assistant]
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 34 - Parishes of Leswalt and Portpatrick, OS1/35/34
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.