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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORTRACK HOUSE | Portrack House Portrack House Portrack House Portract Portract Portract House Pertract |
Mr. Graham Mr. Nelson Mr. Thorburn Black's Co. [County] map Johnstone's Co. [County] map Stat: [Statistical] A/c [Account] of Dumfries Fullarton's Gazetteer. |
041 | [Situation] No. [Number] 1 On Trace 1 A neat mansion, with pleasure ground And plantations [occupied] by Mr. James Graham, property [of] John Harley Maxwell. In an original valuation of the [house] dated 26th march 1634 - the name is [--] The derivation of the name might be from Porter to carry and Rack - a shallow [ford] there may have existed a shallow in the Nith - over which passengers were carried. |
| LOWER PORTRACK | Lower Portrack, Lower Portrack, Lower Portrack, |
Mr. Graham Mr. Nelson Mr. Thorburn |
041 | [Situation] No. [Number] 20 On Trace 1. A dwelling house, buildings garden and farm, Occupied by George Nelson property of John Harley Maxwell, |
| THE LAKE | The Lake The Lake The Lake The Lake |
Mr. Graham Mr. Nelson Mr. Austin , Adm. [Admiral] Johnston of Cow hill |
041 | [Situation] No. [Number] 26 on Trace 1. A stream from Lower [Portrack] in an Easterly direction to [the] River Nith, supposed to [have] been the ancient boundary of Parish Holywood |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 8.Sheet 41 Plan 13 Parish of Dunscore
[Signed] M Donohue C. A. [Civilian Assistant] Feb [February] 1855.
Transcriber's notes
There are initials JBJ below each of the entries in the Orthography and also initials(?) in the List of Names - Won?Descriptive Remarks - first and last entries - letters/words lost in the page fold - best guesses inserted
Descriptive Remarks - Portrack House - the cut-off word on the 2nd last line is very likely to be 'ford'
since the Scots definition of Rack is (http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/rack_v1_n2)
6. A ford in a river (see 1825 quot.);
Dmf. 1834 Letters C. K. Sharpe (1888) II. 480:
The breaks in the narrative, like the racks in the Nith and Annan,
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