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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL [Saltcoats] | School School School |
Mr Marshall Schoolmaster Mr A Campbell Doctor Wallace |
016 | This parish school is situated between Green Street and the Town House the duties of which are conducted by Mr Marshall the scholars are Male and Female who are taught a plain English Education |
| OLD WINDMILL (Ruin) [Saltcoats] | Old Windmill Ruin |
Doctor Wallace Doctor Brown Mr. A Campbell Doctor Kinnear Robert Cunningham Esqr. |
016 | There appears to be some obscurity relating to the Origin of this Ruin it is currently believed by the living Authorities to have been a Windmill at the same time the Original name of Windmill Street (Castlewearock) throws a doubt on the matter, as the name would imply that a castle was in some way connected with this name, the only clue which has been gained to elucidate the matter is a statement in the Saltcoats Herald for october 1853 thus⁜ |
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[Page] 101Parish of Ardrossan -- County of Ayr
⁜ "It is said that there was at one time a castle built upon the
"rock on Castlewearock but time has long since demolished it and a house
"having a stone with a loophole ([inserted] House immediately South of Windmill) in it built into the gable stands on its site.
"the probability is that it was a Tower erected in more dangerous times to protect
"the coast.-
As the above is merely conjecture it may be perhaps prudent not
to insert the name on the authority of the Herald, that written on trace is the popular name
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