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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCH [Kilmaurs] | Church | Revd [Reverend] Robert Lockhart Thomas Hamilton |
018 | [Situation] 30 Chains S.E. [South East] at S. [Southern] extremity of Kilmaurs village A plain edifice with belfry said to have been erected in 1404, repaired and reseated in 1804 - Sittings 550. Stipend £261 with Manse. |
| Site of the MONASTIC CHURCH OF ST MAURE | 018 | The ancient Church of Kilmaurs was dedicated to St.Maure, a Scottish Saint, who is Said to have died in 899. The name of the Church was as which formerly prefixing the Gaelic Cil (pronounced Kil) to the name of the Saint: and Kilmaure was changed to Kilmaures," or Kilmaurs in the possessive case - Chalmers Caledonia and See Extracts and note attached. J.B. | ||
| TOUR | Tour Towers Tower or Tour Tour |
R. P. Adams, Proprietor Johnston's Map of Ayrshire Paterson's History of Ayrshire Co. [County] Voter's List |
018 | [Situation] 41 Chains S.E. [South East] from Kilmaurs A Mansion House, with Offices and neatly laid out pleasure grounds attached the residence and property of R. P. Adams. |
| TOUR (Ruin) | 018 | "On the lands so called in an orchard adjacent to the parish church there are the remains of a tower, "forming fort" says a correspondent " of an old monastic building which at one time was joined to the church and must be of very ancient date. . . . . The Cunninghams of Tour dwelt in it as late as 1630: and the door of an adjoining pigeon house bears that date: Paterson's Histy. [History] Ayrshire P: [Page] 209: Nothing but an angle well, and the pigeon house [noted] to Remain - See Extracts and Note attached JB | ||
| DOVECOT [Tour] | 018 | The Cunninghams of Tour dwelt in it as late as 1630: and the door of an adjoining pigeon house bears that date: Paterson's Histy. [History] Ayrshire P: [Page] 209: Nothing but an angle well, and the pigeon house [noted] to Remain - See Extracts and Note attached JB |
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[Page] 16.Parish of Kilmaurs Co. [County] Ayr -- Plan. 18. 5.
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