Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARY | Clary Clary Clary The Clary Clary |
Mr. J. Turnbull. Mr. J. Hewetson. Ainslie's Map 1782 Symson's Description of Galloway - 1684 - George McHaffie Esqr. |
020 | [Situation] - In the S.E. [South East] part of the Parish - A dwelling house with Out houses attached and a Farm at present held in connection with that of Baltersna. |
| CLARY HOUSE (Site of) | Clary or Clachary Cleray . . The Clary . Clayr Ruins of the Clary House |
Statistics Wigton 1841. Sibbald M.S.S. Adv. Lib. Jac 5th 1.4. appendix Hist [History] Galloway vol 2 page176. Symsons Description of Galloway - 1684-. Balfour & Sibbald M.S. Adv. Lib. M.6.15 No 14 appendix Hist [History] Galloway vol 2. page 139. Serial Genl. [General] Atlas Fol:Edn. 1721. George McHaffie Esqr. |
020 | [Situation] - In the S.E. [South East] of the Parish - In 1684 Symson in his description of Galloway. gives this merely as the Winter residence of the Earl of Galloway. nothing now remains of the Ancient residence with the exception of a small portion of a wall which now forms a part of a garden Wall, It has been entirely destroyed (during the last century) with the exception of the portion of the above mentioned. - |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 4 - Parish of Penninghame
Form 136
Page
17- Clary
- Clary House
[Note] "The present buildings stand near the ancient Clary or Clachary. The Winter residence of the Earl of Galloway
("during the last and the present centuries ) it has been entirely
" destroyed, with the exception of a small portion "
" which now forms a part of the Garden Wall. -
[Note] Prior to the reformation in the 16th. Century this was the principal residence
of the Bishops of Galloway . it continued as such for a Short period subsequent,
and at the abolition of Episcopacy ion Scotland, it became the residence
of the Earls of Galloway- "Chalmers Caledonia"
George McHaffie Esqr.
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 51 - Parishes of Wigtown and Penninghame, OS1/35/51
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Wigtown, and Penninghame.
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.