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Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 42 - Parish of Old Luce, OS1/35/42

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[Page] 17 -- Parish of Old Luce

Ringdoo -- Form 136 -- Page 63

St. Helena Island -- Form 136 -- Page 63

[Below Ringdoo ] "Rinn - A promontory, a point.
" Duth" - Black, Dark, &c " Gaelic Dictionary"



[Note below Lingblain] " It is supposed to have got its name
from a person of the same name of Bllain

"Linne" A pool . -- Gaelic Dictionary

"Lin" -- The pool under a Cataract. Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary
"Bleoghann" &
"Bleodhann The act of Milking Cattle - Gaelic Dictionary
i.e. The Milking Pool.

having drowned there .


Lingblain -- Form 136 -- Page 87

Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 42 - Parish of Old Luce, OS1/35/42

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

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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