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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross | Site of Cross. Site of Cross. Site of Cross. |
James Tindal Esq (Pr [Procurator] Fiscal) Mr. R. Duthie (Stonehaven) Mr. James Wood (Stonehaven) |
017.04 | The ancient Cross of Stonehaven now stands at the N.W. [North West] Corner of the Town Spire, the upper portion of it is much defaced by time and rough usage, it originally Stood on an octagonal basement on the Site marked, from which it was removed some years ago when the Streets were repaired. |
| Tollbooth | Tollbooth Tollbooth Tollbooth |
James Tindal Esq (Pr [Procurator] Fiscal) Mr. R. Duthie (Stonehaven) Mr. James Wood (Stonehaven) |
017.04 | "It was in 1531-2 that the fourth Earl Marischal obtained a charter for marking the town of Kincardine the principal and capital burgh of the County how shortly and sorrily it maintained that position is proved by the Acts of Parliament, for these Show that in less than eighty years after it was made the county town the Sheriff and his deputies petitioned for the removal of the Courts to Stonehaven, in consequence of the extreme poverty of the accommodation at Kincardine, there being neither a tolbooth, nor any place for 'parties to ludge in for their intertenement' in which state, it is said, matters had continued 'mony zeiris'" (Memorials of Angus & Mearns.) Mr. Tindal Procurator Fiscal for the County States that the old building now called the "Tollbooth", was the first building used for the Sheriff's Court, and County Prison after the removal of the Courts &c from Kincardine to Stonehaven, the building |
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