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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| SOUL'S' MONUMENT | Soulis' Monument Soulis' Monument Soulis' Monument Soulis' Monument Soulis' Monument Soulis' Monument |
Revd. [Reverend] James Aitken Mr A Hamilton Town Clerk Mr James Hamilton Name cut on the Monument Patterson's Hist.[History] of Ayrshire McKay's Hist.[History] of Kilmarnock |
018 | This is a handsome fluted pillar Surmounted by an Urn or Vase, Which was erected to the Memory of "Lord Soulis" an English nobleman, who, it is Said was Killed by One of the Boyd family in A.D. 1444. It Stands in a niche of the Wall which Surrounds the High Church, at the head of Soulis Street, and fronting that Street, And on the Spot it is believed where he fell;- prior to 1825 it was a Slender Stone pillar, eight or nine feet high, but of very rude Appearance, being entirely Without Architectural finish or Ornament, except a Small Cross which was fixed upon its top;- at that date it was tottering with Age, and Some of the more respectable inhabitants of the Street in which it Stands. Collected a Small Sum of Money Among themselves, for rebuilding it in a Style more in harmony with modern taste. Paterson makes mention of this Monument in his history of Ayrshire.- In the Town of Kilmarnock itself there are a few Vestiges of Antiquity, the most remarKable is that of Soulis' Cross. [Continued on next page] |
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