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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| AUCHINLECK [parish] | Auchinleck Ph [Parish] Auchinleck Ph [Parish] Auchinleck Ph [Parish] Auchinleck Ph [Parish] Auchinleck Ph [Parish] Auchinleck Ph [Parish] Auchinleck Ph [Parish] Auchinleck Ph [Parish] Auchinleck |
Sheriff's List Chalmers Caledonia New Statistical Account Old Statistical Account Paterson's History Full [Fullarton's] Gazetteer Directory Voters List Johnson's Co [County] Map |
029 ; 030 ; 031 ; 034 ; 035 ; 036 ; 037 | "Chalmers, in his Caledonia, is no doubt correct in deriving the name of Auchinleck from the Gaelic, Ach-en-leac - the field of the flat stone. The shelving lock which abounds, particularly where the Church stands, sufficiently accounts for the designation"- The Ph [Parish] is a narrow tract of country, about 16 miles long, from E. [East] to W. [West] average width about 2 - It is bounded on the N. [North] by Mauchline, on the N. & W. [North & West] by Sorn, on the N. & E. [North & East] by Muirkirk & on the N.E. [North-East] by Crawford John (Lanarkshire) - on the E & S.E. [East & South-East] by Kirkconnel (Dumfrieshire). on the south by New and Old Cumnock, and on the S.W. [South-West] and W. [West] by Ochiltree. The antiquities of the parish are not numerous - and will be found described in the following pages of this book. There are no detached portions of this parish in any other, nor of other parishes within this - |
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[Page] 1[Signed] John C Giles O.S [Ordnance Surveyor]
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