Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANSES CLOSE | Canses Close | William Buchanan Letter Carrier Stranraer James Byers Merchant Stranraer |
016 | A narrow Street extending from the South Side of Georges Street to the Suburbs of the Town of Stranraer, it is tolerably well drained the houses are about one Story high Slated and in tolerable good repair two of the houses are Kitchens to the front houses of George there is one other house Occupied by a Laborer and the remainder is Stables it tooK its name from A Man named Canse who built the Street |
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[Page] 152 -- Plan 1- Trace 13 - 5 feet Scale -- Town of Stranraer -- List of Names collected by Pt. [Private] Peter BracKen 1st. Examiner
Object - Canses Close - Street
[Signed] Peter BracKen
Pt. R S & M [Private Royal Sappers & Miners]
Feby [February] 25th. [1847]
Transcriber's notes
See page 31
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.