Volume contents
- 1 - Old Luce , Index
- 1A - Old Luce , loose page
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- 9A - Old Luce , loose page
- 9B - Old Luce , loose map
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- 89 - Old Luce , Title Page
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLENLUCE ABBEY | The Abbey of Glenluce The Abbey of Glenluce . . Glenluss Abbey [&] Glenluce Abbey . . . Luce Abbey . The Abbey (Ruins) of Luce Abbey of Glenluce The Abbey of Glenluce |
Revd [Reverend] John Mcdouall Symson's Description of Galloway 1684 App. Hist [History] Galloway Vol 2 Balfour & Sibbald M.S. Adv. Lib. M.6.15 No 14 App Hist [History] Galloway Vol 2 Ainslie's map of Wigton 1782 Statistical Account of Wigton 1841 App. No. v. Hist . [History] Galloway Vol. 2. p. 174 George McHaffie Esqr. |
017 | [Situation]- North of the village or Town of Glenluce - " Symson in his description of Galloway written in 1684 and first published in 1823. writes * "Glenluce : ie Villis Lucis or Vallis Lucida, a pleasant valley for such as it is or "the light of the valley - It is a large Parish &c - In this (a) Parish, about half a mile or more northward from the Parish Kirk, is the Abbey of * Glenluce situated in a pleasant Valley" on the east side of the River Luce : Histy [History] of Galloway. Appendix Vol 2 - * " Glenluce in Galloway - was an Abbey, founded in the Year 1190, by Rolland ,Lord of Galloway and constable of Scotland . The Monks of this Monastery were brought from Melross. - King James VI erected Glenluce into a Temporality, in the year 180. confirmed by Act Parl[Parliament] 1606. in favor of Laurence Gordon, son to Alexander, Bishop of Galloway and Archbishop of Athens. Afterwards Glenluce was united to the Bishoprick of Galloway by Act Parl [Parliament]" Spottiswood's Religious Houses. Chap [Chapter] IX S 7. " The Abbey of Luce was founded in the year 119, and was afterwards inhabited by Monks of the Cistertian order. From the ruins which cover a whole Acre of Ground and from some of its walls which are still standing , it appears to have been a very magnificent and extensive building .Nearly a century after other monasteries had been destroyed in Scotland. the Abbey of Luce remained almost in an entire state. even so late as 1646 it had sustained little injury. The "Chapter house still remains entire" &c - Statistical Account of Wigton 1841. (a) This Parish appears to have been divided in the year 1646 THe northern district was afterwards called New Luce, and the Southern district Old Luce . |
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* "The really original name was Glenluce
"from the Scots- Irish Glen. a valley : and
"lus a herb, and seems to have been descriptive
"of the fertility or horticultural capabilities of the soil"
"The appellation Glenluce - though is applied to the valley.
"seldom used is yet fully identified with the village and with the
"ruins and history of the abbey " Scottish Gazetteer 1842
Transcriber's notes
Please check original in order to align the Authorities and descriptions.
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.