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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| PORTPATRICK | 021 | [Continued] the town is the Parish Church erected in 1843 and is a [handsome] Stone building. - At the N E [North East] side of the town is the Free Church. In town there is a respectable and Commodious Inn where the nobility [&] gentry passing to and from Ireland at this place are accommodated (See article Gordon's Hotel) there are also 2 or 3 respectable public houses which afford accommodation to travellers there are in all 9 public houses in the town; a mail coach arrives here every day from Dumfries & once [departed] daily to the Same place also a mail car arrives daily from Ayr and another departs carrying with it the Glasgow Mail. - In the town there is a custom [house] Subject to the customs house and Port of Stranraer. - There is but very little [trade] or commerce carried on at this place but there is a good fishery along the [coast] which gives employment to a great number of the inhabitants of the town. On [the] south side of the town is a Spring of Strong Chalybeate water which flows at all [times] in a Small but regular Stream from the rock. |
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Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 53 - Parishes of Stoneykirk and Portpatrick, OS1/35/53
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Stoneykirk, and Portpatrick.
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.