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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARDEER HOUSE | Ardeer House "Ardeer" "Ardeer House" |
Mr Russel Factor Mr J Orr Mr.Armiston Johnston's Co. [County] Map Postage Directory |
016 | A superior dwellinghouse with gardens and plantation adjoining the property of Patrick Warner Esqr. |
| WOODHEAD PLANTATION | Woodhead Plantation | Mr Orr Mr Russel Mr Baird |
016 | This plantation is on a rising ground East of Ardeer House and is well known in the locality.- |
| Site of PIPERHEUGH | Site of Piperheugh Site of Piperheugh Site of Piperheugh Site of Piperheugh |
Mr J. Orr Schoolmaster Mr R Cunninghame Paterson's Hist.[History] of Ayr New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
016 | The site of the village referred to in the New Sta Acct [Statistical Account] is supposed to have been on the N. E. [North East] end or side of Woodhead Plantation embracing a part of the latter and extending to the Cross Road Eastward |
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[Page] 57Parish of Stevenston -- County of Ayr
There was a small village of antiquity, called
Piper heugh, of which there are some remains in the
wood at Ardeer. The inhabitants were chiefly Trump
makers: and there are some it would appear, in Stevenston of the same profession, for in the
Commissariat of Glasgow we find the record of the death, in 1627, of Agnes Glasgow, spouse to John Logane, trump
-maker in Stevenston; The trump which they manufactured at Piperheugh was the Jews' Harp; and from the name of
their residence it would appear that this little colony possessed the united accomplishments of Jubal and Tubal being not [only]
'artificers in [brass] and iron' but 'handlers of the harp', and [it is probable] of the pipe.
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] & Paterson's Hist. [History] of Ayr
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The words at the bottom of the entry are faded and some have almost disappeared. The words in square brackets are from Paterson's History of Ayr page 443, the source he was using as a reference.Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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