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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
JAIL [Cupar] Jail
Jail
Jail
Mr. Scott Cupar
Mr. A. Sturrock. Cupar.
Mr. G. Pagan. Cupar.
011 [situation] Upwards of 1/4 of a mile N.E. by N [North East by North] of the Town of Cupar.
A large unornamental stone building erected for prison purposes in the year 1843. it is a strong substantial building three storeys high with underground cells, and governors residence or apartments and such accommodation as is usually considered necessary for the classification of prisoners,- Debtors and Criminals, it is enclosed by a high and substantial stone wall with a porters lodge at its entrance and has within this suitable offices as storerooms airing shed. Cisterns for supplying the prison with water. The average number of prisoners of all classes is about 80 annually. there is no chapel or other place of worship within the precincts - it was built at the expense of the county.

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10) Parish of Cupar Plan 11A Trace No. 3

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Although some information is obscured in the page fold, this information is repeated in Volume 111 (Cupar Sheet 2) where it has been cross checked.

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