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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONTROSE SAW MILLS | Montrose Saw Mills Montrose Saw Mills Montrose Saw Mills |
Mr. Miller Proprietor Printed Bills Mr. Wood |
035 | A number of Saw Mills, and a large timber yard attached on the north side of Southesk Street |
| REMAINS OF THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE PRETENDER LODGED (FEBRUARY 1716) | G.C. Myres Town Clerk Mr. Wood Burgh Surveyor |
035 | "With the first of these affairs Montrose has but slight connexion, it being mostly confined to the fact that the Chevalier de St. George, after a brief sojourn of six weeks in Scotland, stopping a night there & re-embarking for France on the following evening. The house in which he spent the last night of his ill-fated pilgrimage to Scotland is long since removed & a new one built on its site; but the passage through which the Prince & the Earl of Mar went by the garden of the house, is still pointed out, & had been in every respect, most fitting for the occasion. This house & garden is situated at the South end of High Street are now the property of G. Smart Esqr. Corn Merchant." Jervise's Memorials of Angus & Mearns. One of the most ancient houses in the town is famous as being the house in which the Pretender slept the night before his escape Feby [February] 1716 - Old Stat: [Statistical] Account. The whole of the back part of the building remains. It was merely the front that was pulled down and rebuilt. |
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