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

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 9 B
[Note referring to sketch]

Site of Ballinclach
a Borough in the reign of James IV

The space included within
the green dotted line is the site
of the ancient village of Ballinclach

Name -- Authority
Ballinclach -- Nicholas Gallas P. 438

Ballanglaugh -- Sir J.D. Hay's Rent Roll & Mr Gibson

Ballinglauch -- Mr Mckenzie Innkeeper Glenluce

The Abbot of glenluce received
a Charter on the 23d Jany [January] 1496.7 Conditioning
the village of Ballingclach in the barony
of glenluce a Burgh of the Barony. but the
Burgh has not prospered. (Regist,
mag. Sig. )
Nicholson Galloway
Page 438
D Griffin Copl [Corporal]
R S & M [Royal Sappers & Miners]
oct [october] 21 1846

Transcriber's notes

This letter contains the sketch mentioned on the previous page

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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