OS1/3/46/140
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYBOLE [town, cont'd] | Maybole | William Menzies J. G. Hannay William Rennie County Voters List Johnston's County Map |
044 ; 045 | [Continued from previous page] ..it ,but no trace whatever remains of the building at present, having been totally removed at the erection of the present Church which Stands on the N. [North] Side of Newyards. Adjacent to and west of the burying ground a new two Storey dwelling house Stands on the Site of what was once called the "Black House". The houses of the Abbots of Crossreguel extended from this westward, but they have all been removed and new dwelling houses occupy their Sites. There is a weekly Market held on Thursday. A General Post Office & a Circulating Library. A Coach starts daily for Ayr from the Sun Inn at 9 a.m. & returning at 7 p.m.. Another passes through from Girvan to Ayr at the Same time in the Morning passing on its return at 6 p.m.. Also two coaches which run between Ayr and N. [Newton] Stewart pass through here daily. "The derivation of the name of the town & parish of Maybole in the former Statistical account, from Maybole, must be regarded as purely fanciful. Chalmers, in his Caledonia, says, that the earliest notice of the name is in a Charter of Henry III in Hearne's Liber Niger Viz. in '1192, Duncan, the son of Gilbert di Galineia, gave to God & St. Mary, of Maelros a Certain piece of land in Carrick, named Maybothel', and he suggests in Ansegeum an Anglo-Saxon derivation." Statistical Account |
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