OS1/1/77/64

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BANKHEAD Bankhead
Bankhead
Bankhead
Mr John Will Tenant
Alexander Leith Proprietor
Rent Receipt
044 A farmsteading and dwelling house one storey, thatched and in good repair; property of Alexander Leith Esq. Freefield
PLOUGHGMAN'S HALL (P.H.) Ploughman's Hall (P.H.) [Public House]
Ploughman's Hall (P.H.) [Public House]
Ploughman's Hall (P.H.) [Public House]
Mr John Will
Alexander Leith Proprietor
Name above Door
044 A dwellinghouse erected in 1820 by the Ploughman's Society.
Above the door is written, Trustie To The End. A.L. G.S and J.G. M. R. 78 Vertu Animat Virtues. A. Leith Esq. H. G. Master. M. E. Gordon, Patroness. The house has now a license to Sell spirits and wines
The SHEVOCK The Shevock For Authorities and description see name Book of Oyne Parish.

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 64
Parish of Rayne

PLOUGHMAN'S HALL. this must be wrongly noted. EHC

Burn of Bonnyton. [Crossed out]

Transcriber's notes

The inscription on the coat of arms plaque at Ploughman's Hall should read
[top arched panel]
PLOUGHMAN
SOC YS HALL
[middle panel reads]
TRUSTIE TO THE END
A: L .......... J:G [initials of Alexander Leith and others]
...................M:R
17 .............. 78 [the date is split either side of the panel]
VERTU-ANIM AT-VERTUES

there is a lower panel which is now weather worn and text is unreadable,
aside from a date in Roman numerals for 1780.

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Kate51- Moderator, hastingleigh

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