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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
WATER OF GIRVAN	Water of Girvan Water of Girvan Water of Girvan Girvan River The River Girvan	Mr N. McDonald Rev. [Reverend] J Gibson D. McKie Esq. Johnston's County Map Statistical Account	058	[Situation] Flows Northward in and through the Middle of plan. A river which takes its rise from [a] small fresh-water loch in the ph. [parish] of [Barr] named Loch Girvan Eye. From this point [it] flows, for nearly six miles through [--] and rocky moorland passing into [--] lochs Cornish, Skelloch, Inse & Bredden. It skirts the village of Straiton, and soon after washes the mansions [of] Milton & Blairquhan, (a winding] picturesque portion of its Course). [--] a mile beyond Blairquhan it [becomes] the boundary between the phs. [parishes] of Kirkcudbright & Dailly for upwards of four miles, [--] passing, near the termination of this [--] of its Course the village of Crosshill. [--] then separates the phs. [parishes] of Maybole & [--] for nearly two miles and, for upwards of three miles, the phs. [parishes] of Kirkoswald & Dailly. The course is next through [a] densely wooded valley in the ph. [parish] of [==] where it winds past many [--] noticeable beauty, several of considerable antiquity. The remainder of its [Course] is through an open and level [--] in the N. [North] of the ph. [parish] of Girvan, and at [--] of that name, empties itself into the [sea].

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Sheet 58 - plan 5 Traces 2-3-5 -- Ph. [Parish] of Straiton

Boundary between Barr & Straiton runs through Loch Girvan Eye

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