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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST ANNAN'S CHAPEL (Ruin) | Chapel (Ruins) St Annan's Chapel |
Mr. Johnson George Muir Robert Hunter Esqr. George Rae Chalmers Chapel |
006 | The Ruins of this Chapel are dicernable having the north vault and western end still remaining. the space which was occupied as the chapel, between the principle entrance and Castle or Villa, is now a garden but there are visible signs yet, to enable the stranger or visitor to point out the Sacred Ruin from other objects. New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] At this place John Lord Semple built a chapel in the time of James IV built a Chapel dedicated to St Inan |
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Sheet VI.8 trace 5 Parish of West Kilbride County of AyrAt Southannan John Lord Semple, in the time of James IV built
a chapel, dedicated to St Inan; to which his Lordship granted
for the support of a Chaplain in it, an annual rent of ten marks
out of the lands of Meikle and Little Kilruskin, with two soams of
pastorage in the Mains of Southanan and an acre of land on the
North side of the Cemetery, for the Chaplain's Manse: Confirmed
1509" New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] and Fullertons Gazetteer
At Southannan, a seat of the Semple family in the northern part of the
parish, John Lord Semple in the reign of James IV built a chapel, which
was dedicated to Saint Annan or Saint Ennan, and Lord Semple granted, for the support of a Chaplain
in it, an annual rent of 10 marks from the lands Kilruskan, and an acre of land on the North side
of the cemetery belonging to the said Chapel, for the Chaplains Manse. Confirmed by the King in June
1509. The ruins of this Chapel are still extant in front of the fine Mansion of Southannan."
There does not appear in the Scotish Kalender, any Saint of the name of [Dinnan], or Innan;
but there was a Scotish saint of the name of Inan, or Finan who is said to have [become]
confessor, St Irvine [---] Chalmer's Caledonia
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KatherineS, DANIALSAN
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