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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALCHRYSTIE | Balchrystie Balchrystie Balchrystie Balchrystie Balchrystie Balchristie |
Mr. Duncan Balchrystie Mr. Ballingall Rosebank Andrew Robb M. [Meikle] Dumbarnie Mr. J. Sith Riras |
026 | A large and handsomely built farm house with extensive offices and thrashing mill, all in good repair attached to it is a large walled garden, a few acres of ornamentally wooded ground and a large farm of arable ground mostly under cultivation. it is the property of a Mr. Buchan at present residing in Manchester. It is let by him seperately to two different tennants Mr P. Thomson farmer rents the farm and all that portion of the offices. adjoining the Trashing Mill using one part of them as a dwelling house. - the dwelling house which was built in 1783. the remaining offices close by it the garden and ornamental wooded ground is occupied by a Mr. Duncan. on one of the last mentioned offices is the following inscription (FIMM 1676) the whole [farm] is supposed to be situated on the site of the village of Balchrystie, it is merely conjecture as the site of the village cannot be pointed out. and there are no remains of it. The Culdees had a Church here it was some place close by the present dwelling house. its foundation (says Stat. acct [Statistical Account] Page 125) was dug up half a [century] ago. Its site cannot be pointed out. King Malcolm & his Queen Margaret gave the Lands of [Balchrystie] to the Culdees. (See R. Sibbald's Hist. [History] p. 168.) Same author adds in a note page 357 "d [obscured] seems to have been very early, at Balchristie, a religious establishment. The Lands [being] given by Malcolm & Queen Margaret to the Culdees, but there seems to have been a church served by them before that time." |
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74 List of Names Collected by Thomas Smith C.Asst. [Civilian Assistant]Parish of Newburn Plan 26A Trace 3
[signed] T. Smith c/a [Civilian Assistant] 9th April [1853]
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