OS1/10/30/154
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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KIRKCONNEL [village] | Kirkconnel Kirkconnel Kirkconnel Kirkconnel |
Revd [Reverend] D Simpson William Hastings Statistical Account of DumfriesShire Estate Plan |
005; 006 | [situation] Is situated 30 Miles from the town of Dumfries on the main road leading to Glasgow. The village consists of one long street, the buildings with but few exceptions are only one story in height. There are the following buildings one established church, one school, a post office and an Inn, two Corn-mills, public library etc etc The inhabitants are generally agricultural labourers, and Colliers, besides which there are a number of tradesmen, such as Smiths, joiners, tailors, Masons, Shoemakers etc. |
Continued entries/extra info
[page] 154Parish of Kirkconnel Sheet 5.8 Trace 6
[note for Kirkconnel]
Chalmers in his Caledonia, derives the name of this parish from the saint to whom the church was dedicated; and the name Conel he considers as an abbreviation or corruption of Congel.
For general information see ststistical account of Dumfries Shire.
Transcriber's notes
Some words on the right hand side are partly hidden by the page fold, but the readings are fairly certainTranscribers who have contributed to this page.
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