OS1/3/12/117
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST BRIDGET'S CHAPEL (Ruins of) | St. Bridgets Chapel St Bridget's Chapel St. Bridget's Chapel |
Paterson's Hist. [History] of Ayr John Love Esqr Threepwood J Dobbie Esqr Grangevale Beith William Love Esqr Hamilfield R Patrick Esqr of Trearne New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
008 | The Ruins of a Chapel dedicated to St Bridget - the south and west walls are about 5 feet high. the North and west walls are still visible above the ground, The Chapel in form was nearly square - there is no tradition about it in the neighbourhood - the New Stat Acct [Statistical Account] says "A Chapel to St Bridget had previously been founded by the monastery of Kilwinning the ruins of which still exist situated on a hill which had been used as burying ground - The Chapel must have fallen to ruins about the Reformation - There is no-one at present who can point out the Site of the burying ground |
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[Page] 117County of Ayr -- Parish of Beith Sheet 008.11
"In the parish of Beith there were two chapels, before the Reformation;
one of them stood, where the present parish Church now stands;
but it has been almost entirely demolished; the other chapel, which
was dedicated to St. Brigid, stood on the lands of Trearne, which
is now called Treehorn; and had two acres of land belonging to it.
This Chapel, and its lands, belonged to the Monastery of Kilwinning;
and passed into lay hands, by a grant, in 1594: This Chapel has also
been demolished, though some vestiges of it are still extant".
Chalmers Caledonia
S. [Sixth] Vol. [Volume] Page 557-8
"Giffen was given by Walter de Mulcaster to
Alexander de Nenham as his subvassal. He granted to the monastery
of Dryburgh a half caracute of 50 acres of land in the lordship of
Giffen, at which a Chapel to St. Bridget had previously been founded
by the monastery of Kilwinning, the ruins of which still exist, situated
on a hill which had been used as a burying ground, with an uncommonly
fine spring well, called St. Bridgets Well, at the bottom" See St. Bridgets Well
in a former page of this Name book. New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
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