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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
COURT HOUSE [Kirkcudbright]	Court House . Court House	William McLellan Esqr John Nicholson	050	[Situation] On the N. [North] side of High St. and the S. [South] side of Kirkcudbright. A handsome building of the Modern Style of Architecture erected in the year 1800 at a cost of about £1000 by the burgh of Kirkcudbright, the lower apartments are chiefly used as offices by the Magistrates & Council of the town & the Upper floor used as the Court room which is lighted with gas, furnished and fitted up in an elegant style. It is situated in High St. and annexed to the Jail. -
POST OFFICE [Kirkcudbright]	Post Office Post Office	John Nicholson John Ferguson	050	[Situation] On the West side of Castle St. & near the Central part of the town. A moderate Sized house occupied as post office for the last 25 years. The penny posts of Dundrennan Tynholm Borgue & Ringford are Subordinate to this office, letters are received from & despatched to them twice a day. The Irish & Wigtownshire Mail arrives here in the forenoon and the English Glasgow & Edinburgh arrives in the afternoon. For particulars see forms 136

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Parish of Kirkcudbright

Form 136
Page 247 - Court House
276 - Post Office

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