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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BARTONHOLM BRIDGE Bartonholm Bridge John Stewart. (Bartonholm)
Robert Dunlop. (Snodgrass)
016 A good Wooden Bridge. across the "Garnock" River. erected for the
Accommodation of Coal Pits and Bartonholm Houses. in Carting
across it.
BARTONHOLM PIT (No 1) Bartonholm Pit (No 1)
Bartonholm Pit (No 1)
Bartonholm Pit (No 1)
Mineral Plan. E. I. [Eglinton Iron] Works
Alexander Stewart. Managing Clerk. E.I.W. [Eglinton Iron Works]
John Hamilton Manager.
016 A coal pit on Eglinton Estate belonging to Messrs. Baird & Co. Eglinton
Iron Works.
DEEPDRAUGHT Deepdraught
Deepdraught
Deepdraught
Robert Dunlop. "Snodgrass"
Robert Blair. E. [Eglinton] Iron Works,
John Stewart, "Bartonholm"
016 A few small dwelling Houses Occupied by Workmen employed in the Coal pits, The property of the Eglinton Iron. Co, [Company]
These are situated near the former Course of the River Garnock: at some particu [particular] place near the Houses the water became more deep and was considered on that Account an excellent place for obtaining a good draught of fish
The name is supposed to be a combination of both terms - deep and draught.-- "Deepdraught,"

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County of Ayr -- Parish of Irvine

[Note Bartonholm Pit] -- not on Plan

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