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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STROQUHAN'S POOL | Stroquhans Pool Stroquhan's Pool Stroquhan's Pool |
William Robinson Peter McLellan Statistical Acct. [Account] |
043 | [Situation] About 3/8 mile E.S.E. [East South East] of Rusco. A Small deep pool in the Water of Fleet, which has [its] name from a person called Maxwell (Laird of Stroquhan in Dumfriesshire) who was in 1699 drowned here, under the following Circumstances, he had been on a Visit to a Gentleman called Brown a resident in Bushy Bield near Anwoth, for whose [daughter] Jane Brown, Maxwell was said to entertain an Attachment, but being unsucessful in his address to the young Lady, & On the [?] Same day, it is said he left Bushy Bield [abruptly] & was drowned in the Water of Fleet in the pool which has been ever since called Stroquhan's Pool, in Commemoration of the Mournful Accident. |
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[Page] 20 Parish of Anwoth & GirthonForm 136 Page 50 Stroquhan'a Pool
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