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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINGLAND LANE | 001; 002 | A small slated cottage & outhouse ^in good repair^ with garden attached, the property of His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch. The farm of Friar-Minnan is in the occupation of William Rae of Gateslack whose Shepherd, James Baty occupies the Cottage __ It is wholly a sheep-farm and consists of heathy pasture interspersed in some places with patches of Mountain grass and rough pasture __ | ||
| FRIARMINNAN | Friar-Minnan Friarminnan |
Johnston's County Map _ James Baty _ Alexander Stuart William Wilson. William Maxwell Esquire Chamberlain to the Duke of Buccleuch. |
002 | Of the origin of this name nothing satisfactory can be gleaned. Dr [Doctor] Simpson gives the root of the latter portion of the name "Minean", a kid, without other reason apparently than the similarity of the words. The Gaelic word "min" or "mine" signifying "smooth" might, with greater plausibility where all is conjecture, be assumed as the origin, because when Considered in connection with the nature of the district and the still smooth flow of the waters over it flat surface, the term would have some significance and appropriate-ness_ C. A. Thomas Matheson |
Continued entries/extra info
Parish of Kirkconnel. Sheet 2.5. Trace No.[Number] 4Transcriber's notes
Fingland Lane-In the "Authorities for Spelling" column we read "See Sheet 1.8 & Name sheet"In the Situation column we read "From Blood Moss on N[orth] W[ester]n Parish Boundary E[ast] _ S. C. to Glengass Burn. _
With regard to Friar-Minnan- situation column- we read "In N[orth] W[ester]n Parish district about 4 1/4 [four and a quarter] miles N[orth] N[orth] W[est] from Kirkconnel Village _
With regard to the descriptions, I found it puzzling as to where Fingland Lane stopped and Friar-Minnan started. Hopefully I have chosen correctly.
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