Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING STREET | King Street | Mr. Andrew Murray Road Surveyor Stranraer William Buchanan Letter Carrier Stranraer |
016 | A Tolerable broad Street partly paved and partly macadamized with causeways on each Side portions of which is flaged it extends from the junction of High St. and George Street to the Junction of Fisher Street Neptune St. and the Quay. The houses are not built in any regular order they vary in different parts of the St. from one to five Stories in hight they are generally Slated and in good repair with a few of the one Story houses thatched, there is two Public houses a BaKers Shop and a few other Commercial houses of no great importance the remainder of the houses are Occupied by people retired from business and Mechanics, The houses generally have neat gardens attached or Small pices of pleasure grounds. The Provost of the Town lives in the WestSide of the above Street |
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[Page] 147 -- [Sheet No.] 1- Trace 13 - 5 feet scale -- Town of Stranraer -- List of Names collected by Pt. [Private] Peter BracKen R S & M [Royal Sappers & Miners] -- 1st. Examiner
Object - King Street - Street
[Signed] Peter BracKen
Pt. R S & M [Private Royal Sappers & Miners]
Feby [February] 25th./ [1847]
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 35 - Parishes of Leswalt, Portpatrick, Stranraer and Inch, OS1/35/35
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Leswalt, Portpatrick, Stranraer, and Inch.
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.