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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| WATER OF GIRVAN | Water of Girvan Water of Girvan Water of Girvan Water of Girvan River Girvan |
- Mr N. McDonald Rev. [Reverend] J Gibson D McKie Esq. Johnston's County Map |
045 | A river which takes its use from a small fresh water loch in the Ph. [Parish] of Straiton - named Loch Girvan Eye. From this point it flows for nearly six miles through wild & rocky moorland passing into from Lochs Cornish, Skelloch, Lure & Bradan. It skirts the village of Straiton & soon after washes the mansion of Blairquhan & the farmsteading of Milton, about four miles beyond Blairquhan it becomes the boundary between Kirkmichael & Dailly for upwards of four miles - passing near the termination of this part of its course the village of Crosshill. It then seperates the Phs [Parishes] of Maybole & Dailly for nearly two miles & for upward of three miles the Phs [Parishes] of Kirkoswald & Dailly. Its course is next through a dense wooded valley in the Ph [Parish] of Dailly where it winds past many seats of noticeable beauty, several of considerable [--] The remainder of its course is through an open plain in the Ph [Parish] of Girvan and at the town of that name it empties itself into the sea |
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[Page] 102Ph. [Parish] of Kirkmichael
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