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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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FREE CHURCH [Mauchline] | Free Church | Revd [Reverend] G Fairlie Revd [Reverend] James Fairlie Revd Mr Thomas U.P. [United Presbyterian] |
028 | A plain stone building Situated about 3 chains South of the Parish Church. the Revd. [Reverend] George Fairlie is the Officiating Minister who with the Members Composing his congregation belong to the Free Church Communion |
CROSS [Mauchline] | Cross | Revd [Reverend] James Fairlie Mr Hamilton Beechgrove Mr Murdoch Writer |
028 | This name is well Known in the Town of Mauchline, its extent is from one of Main Street to S.W. [South West] end of Townhead. whether the name is derived from a + which may have been erected here, or from the intersection of the great lines of Turnpike Road at this place it is now difficult to ascertain. That a cross might have been erected here is not irrevalent to the case from its proximity to the Priory or Religious Establishment Supposed to occupy the Space at or about where this Parish Church now Stands. |
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