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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| SCHOOL WYND | School Wynd School Wynd School Wynd |
Mr John Lockhart Mr. William Short Mr. D. Methven |
[situation] Leading Easterly off High Street. A narrow lane or Wynd neither paved nor drained extending from the High Street of Linktown to the Sea. |
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| BARN KIRK | Barn Kirk Barn Kirk Barn Kirk Barn Kirk |
Mr. John Lockhart Mr. William Short Mr. D. Methven Estate Map |
[situation] On the N. [North] side of School Wynd. A low mean building now used as a warehouse by Mr. Lockhart it was formerly a place of worship belonging to a sect called Cameronians. |
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| NEWTOWN | Newtown Newtown Newtown |
Mr. John Wilson William Short James Bremner |
[situation] On the West side of High Street. "A locality extending from the Ph. [Parish] boundary southwards to the S. [South] side of Nichol Street, & from where the parish boundary abuts on the S. [South] end of High Street Westwards to the 6 inch work" See name book for Sheet 4 |
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9 Sheet 6 5 feet work trace 3 Ph. [Parish] of Abbotshall[Note] Wynd, An Alley. Jameson.
[Quotation - Newtown] "In 1790, the flourishing condition of trade, induced the late Mr. Ferguson of Raith to feu property for building on a regular plan a street running nearly at right angles with the east end of Linktown, in the direction of the parish church. This line of building, which has never been completed, is known by the name of the New Town." New Stat Acct. [Statistical Account]
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