OS1/5/13/19
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CRANSHAWS OLD CHURCH (Remains of) | Cranshaws Old Church (Remains of) | Revd [Reverend] W. M. Hutton Minister Mr John Bertram Cranshaws Statistical Account |
009.03 | This was the parish Church of Cranshaws up till 1739, at which time the present Church was built - Since that time it has gradually gone to decay, & nothing now remains but a small portion of the East Gable - The Small enclosure within which it Stands is Still used by the old Inhabitants as a Burial Ground - There is not any history to Shew at what time the old church was erected, or of its subsequent history - Chalmers in his Caledonia page 375. Says - "The parish Church is Certainly very ancient, It was, of old, 58 feet long by 26 feet broad" --- |
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[page] 19Cranshaws Parish -- Sheet 9.3. -- W. Beatty
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