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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BISHOPFIELD PRINT WORKS Bishopfield Print WorKs
Bishopfield Print WorKs
Bishopfield Print WorKs
Revd [Reverend] James Aitken
Mr A Hamilton, Town Clerk
Mr James Hamilton
018 A large Collection of Stone Buildings which extend from the Townhead Bridge, along the Kilmarnock Water Side to Menford Lane, the Articles principally printed here are Shawls, Plaids, Dresses etc on Silk, Cotton, and Woollen, - Messrs Brown, Merry and McGregor are Proprietors and Occupiers
MENFORD LANE [Kilmarnock] Menford Lane
Menford Lane
Menford Lane
Revd [Reverend] James Aitken
Mr A. Hamilton, Town Clerk
Mr James Hamilton
018 Extends from High Street to the Kilmarnock Water. Consists of houses One and two Storeys high, thatched and in Middling repair, principally Occupied by Operatives. The lane has taken its name, it is Said, from the Circumstance of its formerly being the property of a family named Menford.
THE BLACK ROCK The Black Rock
The Black Rock
The Black Rock
Revd [Reverend] James Aitken
Mr A. Hamilton, Town Clerk
Mr James Hamilton
018 A Well Known and very large Stratafied bed of Rock which extends across the Kilmarnock Water, a little South of the Milldam erected for the Bishopfield Print Works, So Called from its very dark Appearance, the RocK formed a Waterfall of About 6 feet , nearly perpendicular.

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