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[RHS] Greenbank
St Helens April 23d 1855

My Dear Sir
I have just received yours
of Saturday and now write to say that the
tracings of the plan of Dunfermline at
present in the possession of Mr Kilgour
would be quite sufficient for my purpose -
therefore, if you would request Mr K., to
forward the papers to me. I would on
receipt of them go carefully over them
noting any remark necessary and return
the same to you or to Dunfermline as
you may request - I am particularly
anxious to see the old Abbey and
Monastery all right - By old Charter
I find that a piece of ground foot of
Monastery Street was called St Laurence
* yard in the olden time - also the
ground immediately to the south of the
Netherton was called St Cuthberts
Land and that to the west and south
of the same street "St Marys Land
or land of "oure Ladie Marie" it is
certainly from this that the place
called Ladies Mill is derived - I
was not aware that the old [boundary]
wall of the Abbey was known to [any]

*not on Plan [St Laurence yard]

[Note added] -- These were not names which I think should appear
upon a modern plan - There is a limit to making
the Ordnance Plans an Antiquarian Map! -- [Initialled J.K] CaptR.E. [Captain Royal Engineers]

[LHS] 4th May 1855
O.S.O [Ordnance Survey Office] Glasgow
4th May 1855.

I have informed Dr [Doctor]
Henderson that it will not be practicable
to send him special
tracings of Dunfermline,
and that I find that
those supplied to the
Town Clerk cannot be
spared him.
I will thank you
however to cause the
within description of
the old Boundary wall
of the Abbey to be
compared with the
Plans, to see that
there be not any
essential difference
as represented.
[Signed] J. Bayly
Capt. R.E [Captain Royal Engineers]

Capt [Captain] Cameron
R.E [Royal Engineers]

There is a
decided difference
in the direction of
the Abbey Wall -
see pencil [memo]
on the other side.
As soon as the Plan
is [prepared] I ask
send the Doctor an impression to
mark anything he
likes.
[Signed] J. Cameron
CaptRE [Captain] Royal Engineers
8 May 1855

Captn [Captain] Bayly [Royal Engineers]

If you please.
[Initialled JB] Capt R.E [Captain Royal Engineers] 10/5/55 [10 May 1855]
I believe we have the Wall correct. -- [Initialled JB]

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