Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PEN | The Pen The Pen |
G.C. Dinwoodie Banker Whithorn Bailie Blain Whithorn |
034 | This name is applied to the thoroughfare leading from the main Street to the Established Church and has houses all up on one Side and only part of the way on the other, where it debouches from the Street is an archway the abutments of which appears to be of great antiquity and bears on it the arms of the Bishop of Galloway surmounted by a Bishop's Mitre and a blank Escutcheon on the opposite Side. The arch is a plain Segment of a circle and in the wall about feet above the arch [turn over] |
Continued entries/extra info
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Form No 136
Plan 34A -- List of names collected by 2nd Corpl [Corporal] William Rogers RS & M [Royal Sappers & Miners]
Objects
The Pen -- a Roadway
[Signed] William Rogers
2nd Corpl R S & M [Corporal Royal Sappers & Miners]
Transcriber's notes
The top of this page contains a note which appears to be a continuation of the description of the Main Street. It reads:-
" it is about three Quarters of a mile in length & varies from Seven to Thirty three yards in width towards the South the street has a slight elevation"
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 84 - Parishes of Glasserton, Sorbie and Whithorn, OS1/35/84
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Glasserton, Sorbie, and Whithorn.
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.