OS1/3/1/78
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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EAGLE ROCK | Eagle Rock Eagle Rock Eagle Rock |
Admirality Chart John Moffat Esq Provost Barr |
016 | In the Firth of Clyde nearly covered at high water. |
GAS WORKS [Ardrossan] | Gas Works Gas Works Gas Works |
Feuing Plan Provost Barr John Moffat Esq |
016 | These works are pretty extensive and are for the purpose of lighting the Town with Gas. The property of the Gas Company. |
BATHS [Ardrossan] | Baths Baths Baths Baths |
Feuing Plan Provost Barr New Stat Acct [Statistical Account] John Moffat Esq |
016 | In Ardrossan for the accommodation of the public. The property of William Macfadzean. |
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[Page] 78Sheet 016.5 Trace 1 Ph [Parish of] Ardrossan Co [County of] Ayr
"The baths of Ardrossan, a large and somewhat elegant building are well Known and deservedly in repute. They were projected by the
" Earl of Eglinton on the tontine principle in the year 1807. For many years after his Lordships death they were shut up and the premises allowed "to fall into a state of decay. In the year 1833 they were brought to sale & purchased by A. Macfadzean Esq M.D [Doctor of Medicine] who has at "considerable expense put them again into complete state of repair. The basins are all Marble with draping Rooms attached to each. There
" is one fitted up expressly for the poor, which is open to them gratis. New Stat Acct [Statistical Account]
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