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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWICK-MILL | Crawick Mill. Crawick-mill |
James McColl. Crawick Mill History of Sanquhar. John Kerr Crawick Mill. New Statistical Account of Sanquhar, |
006 | [Situation] About ¾ mile N.W. [North West] from Sanquhar Burgh. - The Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson says of this village, - "The Carpet Works at Crawick Mill have for a long time been productive of much benefit to the place. They have been generally in a steady and prosperous condition so that the workmen there were tolerably well Employed when other weaving branches were very low, It is a smiling village and has always been so, and the inhabitants seem cheerful and contented. Nor have the impositions of witchcraft been able to blighten their prosperity for any length of time. If it was depressed, it rose again; if it fluctuated, it became steady; if gloom came over it, the clouds passed away, Crawick Mill has always possessed a set of rare characters although worthless ones have frequently appeared alongside of them. Still the good is greatly counteractive of the ill, and few villages in the general possess a more worthy reputation. * * * There is a small library instituted among the workmen at [continued over] |
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[Page] 115,Parish of Sanquhar -- Sheet 6-10. Trace No. [Number] 3,
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Thomas Matheson C A [Civilian Assistant]
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