Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLD CHURCH (in ruins)(continued) | OLD Church (continued) | 034 | [Continued] was the practice of travelling to the shrine of St Ninian in quest of both physical & spiritual good that in spite of all the preachers could inculcate or the famous Sir David Lindsay could write it continued some time after the Reformation & was not effectually put down till an act of Parliament passed in 1581 rendering it illegal. The overthrow of the traffic of Monkery & the factitious attraction of St Ninian's Shrine terminated the social importance of Whithorn, "In 1684 the tower of the Church was still standing among the ruins of the Aisles transepts and extensive monastic buildings (See next page) |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 72 -- Parish of Whithorn
Form 136
Old Church (in ruins)
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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.