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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CHURCH Seats for 1200 Church
Church
Mr. Davidson Grocer and Beadle
Mr. Galloway Collector of Poor rates
018 A large and handsome edifice being the Parish church in interior of which is well fitted up with pews gallery &c. sufficiently for 1200 sitters. Surrounding it is a large Grave Yard.
OLD ASH TREE (remaining) Old Ash Tree (remains of)
Old Ash Tree (remains of)
Turnbull Esqr Bonhill Place
Mr. Galloway
018 Part of the trunk or the remains of an old ash tree, it is enclosed by an iron railing and from it Alexander Smollet late M.P. [Member of Parliament] has his crest.
It is supposed to be about 600 years old and when it was entire it measured about 30 feet in circumference. There is now only about ΒΌ of the trunk remaining and a few scrunted branches

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