Kirkcudbrightshire, Volume 155

Page List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks Continued entries/extra info Transcriber's notes
OS1/20/155/1 [Page] 1 Parish of Rerwick [Rerrick] Plan51D Index [Set of 3 Columns:-] Names of Objects--Page--Names of Objects--Page--Names of Objects--Page [Column Headings Column 1] Names of Objects--Page Airds Burn--12 Adam's Chair--14 Airyhill [Airy Hill]--28 Big Airds Hill--12 Burnside--14 Barlocco Hill-17 Barlocco--18 Boat Track--22 Bathing House--22 Barlocco Heugh--23 Brock's Holes--28 Bank--29 Barlocco Bay--32 Black Nuek--32 Black Cove--32 Cairney Hill--31 [Column Headings Column 2] Names of Objects--Page Cairn--9 Cairn Hill--9 Croft Morris--17 Croft Morris Plantn. [Plantation]--18 Castle Muir--30 Clamdally--30 Castle Muir Point--31 Cairney Hill Plantn. [Plantation]--31 Don's Knowe--5 Fort--10 Gibbon--29 Hazelfield Cottage--3 Heart Moss--5 Hill Top--13 Holehouse--18 [Column Headings Column 3] Names of Objects--Page Holehouse Plantation--19 Killymoo (in Ruins)--9 Knockjetty--13 Knocktallow--27 Knockmult--28 Lochenling--15 Lodge--19 Lady's Well--20 Mid Hazelfield--4 Moss Plantation--5 Nether Hazelfield--10 Over Hazelfield--4 Orroland--21 Orroland Heugh--23 Old Man--27 (Turn over) [Continue on OS1/20/155/2]
OS1/20/155/2 [Continued from OS1/20/155/1] [Page] 2 Parish of Rerwick [Rerrick] Plan51D Index [Set of 2 Columns:-] Names of Objects--Page--Names of Objects [Column Headings Column 1] Names of Objects--Page Rascarrel Burn--14 Rascarrel Bridge--15 Rascarrel--15 Rascarrel Burnfoot--16 Rascarrel Bay--16 Rascarrel Heugh--23 Rascarrel Cove--29 Stockmoss Cottage--3 Standingstone Hill--4 Satters Moss--13 Shaw Hill--19 Shawhill Plantation--20 Scar Heugh--21 Solway Firth--35 [Column Headings Column 2] Names of Objects--Page Tacher Burn--9 The Bank--27 Thirls Mill--30 White Cove--30 Fort--11
OS1/20/155/3 HAZELFIELD COTTAGE Hazlefield Cottage Hazlefield Cottage Hazlefield Cottage Haselfield Hazlefield William Gasford [Glassford] S N Thomas Garston N William McBittie S Val. [Valuation] Roll Anct. [Ancient] Val [Valuation] Roll Modern 051 A neat dwelling house with workshop and garden attached the property of James Thompson Esqr.
OS1/20/155/3 STOCKMOSS COTTAGE Stockmoss Cottage Stockmoss Cottage Stockmoss Cottage Stock Moss James Twedie William McBittie John Kirkpatrick Ainslies Map 1796 051 A small cottage situated on the farm of Stockmoss. The property of James Thompson Esqe.
OS1/20/155/3 [Page] 3 12000, Oct. 1847. Parish of Rerrick No. 21. Form 136 Page 44 [Entry for Stockmoss stroked out. See OS1/20/154/31 and 89] 39
OS1/20/155/4 MID HAZELFIELD Mid Hazelfield Mid Hazelfield Mid Hazelfield Hazelfield Hazelfield Haselfield William Gassford [Glassford] Thomas Garston William McBittie Ainslies Map 1796 Val [Valuation] Roll 1819 Val. [Valuation] Roll Anct. [Ancient] 051 A farm house with offices attached part of the latter are used as a diary [dairy] occupied by William Gassford. The property of James Thompson Esqr.
OS1/20/155/4 OVER HAZELFIELD Over Hazlefield Over Hazlefield Over Hazlefield Upper Hazelfield Upper Hazelfield William Gassford [Glassford] Thomas Garston William McBittie Ainslies Map AD 1796 Johnsons Map AD 1821 051 A masion [mansion] house and offices all in good repair. there is a small lawn in front of the house where are placed rare specimens of stones. it is the residence and property of James Thompson Esqr.
OS1/20/155/4 STANDINGSTONE HILL Standingstone Hill Standingstone Hill William McBittie Thomas Garston 051 A small arable hill on the farm of Standingstone on its summit is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by the Trigl. [Trigonometrical] party "Crow Hill"
OS1/20/155/4 [Page] 4 Form 136 [page] 44 -- Mid Hazelfield 43 -- Overhazelfield 40 -- Standingstone Hill [Notes on page] [Definition] "Hazel". A Nut tree with a light brown bark. [Source] Bailey's Dictionary (English) [Note on the authority of name for Hazelfield in Mid Hazelfield] In page 10 the valuation Roll is given as an authority for "Hazelfield" [Note above Over Hazelfield] See Names List 51B page 43
OS1/20/155/4 Dear Drewm, Please can I point you in the direction of the FAQS to assist you in your transcriptions, http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/transcribe/forums/transcriptions/faqs-frequently-asked-questions/1159677 it is important to be familiar with these. There are also example pages to show you the correct way of transcribing. Blank pages only need the page number and the words blank page, you do not need all the typed detail from the page header. Please do not correct names or assume they need corrected, you are transcribing what is on the page, please also do not add names you have no proof of from the actual page. Trigl has been decided it is trigonometrical. The situation text should be transcribed either in the extras box or at the beginning of the desc. [Situation] about 4 chains blah blah. Then the desc. And please ask any questions on the forum. Thanks
OS1/20/155/5 DONS KNOWE Don's Knowe Don's Knowe Dons Know John Kirkpatrick James Twedie Ainslies Map 1820 051 A small house with offices and a portion of land attached. The property of Horatio Stewart Murray Esq. of Broughton
OS1/20/155/5 MOSS PLANTATION Moss Plantation Moss Plantation Moss Plantation John Kirkpatrick Robert Curry [Only two names listed] 051 A small Fir plantation situated on the Estate of Orroland the property of [Robert Cutlar] Ferguson (a minor)
OS1/20/155/5 HEART MOSS The Heart Moss The Heart Moss Hart Moss Hart Moss Harc Moss Heart Moss Heart Moss Heart Moss John Kirkpatrick Robert Curry George Beattie John Bennet Ainslies Map 1796 A. McCartney Esq. Quintin Mitchell William Wallace 051 This place was formerly a track [tract] of moss where peats were cut for fuel but now it appears more like a marsh than moss, it is situated on the estate of Orroland the property of [Robert Cutlar] Ferguson (a minor)
OS1/20/155/5 [Page] 5 [12000, Oct. 1847.] Parish of Rerrick [No. 21. ] Form 136 Page 40 [Also 67] 41 41 [Notes on page] [Definition] Knoit, Knowe. A little hill. [Source] Jameison's Scottish Dictionary [Under second group of names for Hart Moss] See Name List 51C.
OS1/20/155/6 [Page] 6 [12000, Oct. 1847.] Parish of [Rerrick] No. 21. Form 136 Page [Blank Page]
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OS1/20/155/7 [Page] 7 [12000, Oct. 1847. Parish of Rerrick No. 21.] [Form 136] [Page] [Blank Page]
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OS1/20/155/9 CAIRN HILL Cairn Hill Cairn Hill Robert Hannah Robert McCartney 051 A small arable hill on the farm of Drungans on the summit of it is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trig [Trigonometrical] Party "Round Dringins"
OS1/20/155/9 CAIRN [Cairn Hill] Cairn [Cairn Hill] Cairn [Cairn Hill] Robert Hannah Robert McCartney 051 [From Cairn Hill entry A small arable hill on the farm of Drungans on the summit of it is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trig [Trigonometrical] Party "Round Dringins"] On the hill is a small defunct Cairn See Name list Plan 51B
OS1/20/155/9 TACHER BURN Tacher Burn Tacher Burn Rascarrel Burn Robert Hannah Robert McCartney Ainslies map 1820 051 A considerable stream which takes its rise near Blue Hills but does not receive the name of Tacher until it enters the farm of Drungans it receives a few small streams in its course and takes the name Rascarrel Burn before it entering the sea at Rascarrel Burn foot.
OS1/20/155/9 KILLYMOO (In Ruins) Killymoo Killymoo Killymoo Killymoo Killymarr Killymarr Quintin Mitchell Robert McCartney David Ferguson A McCartney Esq. Ainslies Map A.D. 1796 Johnsons Map AD 1821 051 This name applies to the ruins of house on the farm of Hazelfield which at one period had a portion of land attached but now forms part of the farm
OS1/20/155/9 [Page] 9 [12000, Oct. 1847.] Parish of Rerrick [No. 21. ] Form 136 Page 46 [46 No collectors Entry] 45 42
OS1/20/155/10 NETHER HAZELFIELD Nether Hazlefield Nether Hazlefield Nether Hazelfield Nether Haselfield Nether Hazelfield Robert Hannah Robert McCartney Ainslies Map 1796 Val: [Valuation] Roll Anct [Ancient] Val: [Valuation] Roll 1819 051 A farm house with extensive offices all in good repair with a farm of arable land attached the property of Horatio Stewart Murray Esq. of Broughton
OS1/20/155/10 FORT [Nether Hazelfield] Fort Fort Robert Hannah Robert McCartney 051 This object has the appearance of an old Danish or British Fort, but is very much defaced, it consists of a circular bank of earth about two feet in height, it is situated on a small eminence on the farm of Nether Hazelfield
OS1/20/155/10 [Page] 10 12000, Oct. 1847. Parish of Rerrick No. 21. Form 136 Page 45 46 [Notes] [Definition] "Hazel". A Nut tree with a light brown bark. [Source] Bailey's Dictionary (English) [Note on Nether Hazelfield --Valuation Roll 1819] The Valuation Roll gives it "Hazlefield" in page 4
OS1/20/155/10 FAO DrewM Please can I point you to the FAQs to help and support you in your transcribing. You have a few errors which will require amending inline with the guidelines and standards for this project. You are giving yourself extra unnecessary work. The link to the FAQS is http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/transcribe/forums/transcriptions/faqs-frequently-asked-questions Please make yourself familiar with them and revisit regularly as they do change with the fluctuations of this new type of project. Please also make use of the forums where we are available for support and to answer any questions you have. Thanks Nora Ps i also left you a long note on p4 of this volume, including the need to correct triangulation to trigonometrical and not to correct names without giving evidence. And I completed p8 to show you how to do headers and blank pages.
OS1/20/155/12 AIRDS BURN 051
OS1/20/155/12 BIG AIRDS HILL 051
OS1/20/155/13 HILL TOP 051
OS1/20/155/13 KNOCKJETTY 051
OS1/20/155/14 ADAM'S CHAIR 051
OS1/20/155/14 BURNSIDE 051
OS1/20/155/14 RASCARREL BURN 051
OS1/20/155/15 LOCHENLING 051
OS1/20/155/15 RASCARREL 051
OS1/20/155/15 RASCARREL BRIDGE 051
OS1/20/155/16 RASCARREL BAY 051
OS1/20/155/16 RASCARREL BURNFOOT 051
OS1/20/155/17 BARLOCCO HILL 051 [Situation] About 1⅛ mile S.W. [South West] by West of Rascarrel A hill on the farm of Barlocco on its summit is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl [Trigonometrical] party "Barlocco"
OS1/20/155/17 HOLEHOUSE HILL 051 [Situation] About 1½ miles W.S. [West South] West of Rascarrel A hill on the farm of Hole House partly arable and partly covered with wood
OS1/20/155/17 CROFT MORRIS 051 [Situation] About 1⅜ mile W.S. [West South] West of Rascarrel. A dwelling house which at one time had a portion of Land attached which now forms part of the farm of Orroland
OS1/20/155/18 BARLOCCO 051
OS1/20/155/18 CROFT MORRIS PLANTATION 051
OS1/20/155/18 HOLEHOUSE 051
OS1/20/155/19 HOLEHOUSE PLANTATION 051
OS1/20/155/19 LODGE [Orroland] 051
OS1/20/155/19 SHAW HILL 051
OS1/20/155/20 LADY'S WELL 051
OS1/20/155/20 SHAWHILL PLANTATION 051
OS1/20/155/21 ORROLAND 051
OS1/20/155/21 SCAR HEUGH 051
OS1/20/155/22 BATHING HOUSE 051
OS1/20/155/22 BOAT TRACK 051
OS1/20/155/22 DROPPING CRAIG 051
OS1/20/155/23 BARLOCCO HEUGH 051
OS1/20/155/23 ORROLAND HEUGH 051
OS1/20/155/23 RASCARREL HEUGH 051
OS1/20/155/25 SOLWAY FIRTH 041; 046; 047; 051
OS1/20/155/27 KNOCKTALLOW 051
OS1/20/155/27 OLD MAN 051
OS1/20/155/27 THE BANK 051
OS1/20/155/28 AIRYHILL 051
OS1/20/155/28 BROCK'S HOLES 051
OS1/20/155/28 KNOCKMULT 051
OS1/20/155/29 BANK 051
OS1/20/155/29 GIBBON 051
OS1/20/155/29 RASCARREL COVE 051
OS1/20/155/30 CASTLE MUIR 051
OS1/20/155/30 CLAMDALLY 051
OS1/20/155/30 THIRLS WELL 051
OS1/20/155/31 CAIRNY HILL 051
OS1/20/155/31 CAIRNY HILL PLANTATION 051
OS1/20/155/31 CASTLE MUIR POINT 051
OS1/20/155/32 BARLOCCO BAY 051 [Situation] About 1 mile S.W. [South West] by S. [South] of Rascarrel A small bay on the farm of Barlocco it is bounded on the west of by a large rocky precipice
OS1/20/155/32 BLACK NEUK 051 [Situation] About 1 mile S.W. [South West] by South of Rascarrel This name applied to a small rocky recess at Barlocca bay it takes it names from its gloomy appearance
OS1/20/155/32 BLACK COVE 051 [Situation] About 1⅛ mile SW [South West] by South of Rascarrel This name applies to a natural Cave under a rocky precipice on the west side of Barlocco bay a short distance south of Black Neuk hence the name
OS1/20/155/33 WHITE COVE 051
OS1/20/155/39 STOCKMOSS COTTAGE Stockmoss Cottage Stockmoss Cottage James Twedie Stockmoss (Smithy) William McBittie Hazelfield Cottage John Kirkpatrick Dons Knowe 051 A small cottage situated on the farm of Stockmoss. The property of James Thompson Esq.
OS1/20/155/39 [Page] 39 1 [Form] No. 136. Plan 51D. List of Names collected by Jarvis Coe Pte [Private] R. S. [Royal Sappers] & Miners 1st Examiner [Column Headings] Trace--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address 1 [Entry for Hazelfield Cottage stroked out. See pages 3 and 44 ] [Entry for Stockmoss stroked out. See OS1/20/154/31 and 89] [Signed Collector] Jarvis Coe Pte [Private] R. S. & M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st January 1849
OS1/20/155/40 DON'S KNOWE Dons Knowe Dons Knowe John Kirkpatrick Dons Knowe James Twedie Stockmoss 051 A small Farm house with small out offices and about 40 acres of land attached. The property of Horatio Stewart Murray Esq. of Broughton
OS1/20/155/40 STANDINGSTONE HILL Standing Stone Hill Standing Stone Hill William McBittie Hazlefield Thomas Garston Over Hazlefield 051 A small arable Hill situate on the Standing Stone farm on its summit is a [Sketch] [Trigonometrical Station] called Crow Hill
OS1/20/155/40 [Information at end of lines is being obscured by centre fold] [Page] 40 2 [Form No. 136.] [Plan] List of Names collected by Jarvis Coe Pte [Private] R. S. [Royal Sappers] & Miners 1st Examiner [Column Headings] Plan--Trace--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address 51D--1 [Signed Collector] Jarvis Coe Pte [Private] R. S. & [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st January [1849]
OS1/20/155/41 HEART MOSS The Heart Moss The Heart Moss John Kirkpatrick Dons Knowe Robert Curry Old Abbey 051 This Marsh was formerly a large tract of moss out of which peats were made, it is now totally unfit for this purpose and presents more like the appearance of a marsh than moss, it is situate on the Orland [Oroland] Estate the property of [Robert Cutlar] Ferguson (a minor)
OS1/20/155/41 MOSS PLANTATION Moss Plantation Moss Plantation John Kirkpatrick Dons Knowe Robert Curry Old Abbey 051 A small Fir plantation close to The Heart Moss. Situate on the Orland [Oroland] Estate The property of [Robert Cutlar] Ferguson (a minor)
OS1/20/155/41 [Page] 41 3 [Form] No. 136. [Plan] List of Names collected by Jarvis Coe Pte [Private] R. S. [Royal Sappers] & Miners 1st Examiner [Column Headings] Plan--Trace--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address 51D--1 [Signed Collector] Jarvis Coe Pte [Private] R. S. & [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st January [1849]
OS1/20/155/42 KILLYMOO (in Ruins) Killymoo (in Ruins) Killymoo (in Ruins) Robert McCartney Nether Hazelfield David Ferguson Rascarrel via Auchencairn 051 This name applies to the ruin of a house on the farm of Upper Hazelfield which at one time had a portion of Land attached which is now included in the above Farm
OS1/20/155/42 [Page] 42 4 [Form No. 136.] List of Names collected by William Murchie Labr. [Labourer] [Column Headings] [Plan]--No. [Number] of Trace--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address 51D--2 [Signed Collector] 22nd February 1849 William Murchie Labr. [Labourer]
OS1/20/155/43 OVER HAZELFIELD Over Hazelfield Over Hazelfield Over Hazelfield William Glassford Hazelfield Thomas Garston Over Hazelfield William McBittie Hazelfield Cottage 051 A good substantially built dwelling house two stories high with out offices attached all in good repair. At the front of the house is a small lawn near the centre of which is a Sun dial encompassed by a circular wall composed of rare geological specimens of stone, a little south from these there is also a few of this class of stones placed upon a rock which is artificially laid for a base. The residence and property of James Thompson Esq.
OS1/20/155/43 [Page] 43 5 [Form No. 136.] Plan List of Names collected by Jarvis Coe Pte [Private] R. S. [Royal Sappers] & Miners 1st Examiner [Column Headings] [Plan]--Trace--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address 51D--1 [Signed Collector] Jarvis Coe Pte [Private] R. S. & M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 2nd January 18 [1849]
OS1/20/155/44 MID HAZELFIELD Mid Hazlefield Mid Hazlefield Mid Hazlefield William Glassford Hazlefield Farm Auchencairn Thomas Garston Over Hazlefield William McBittie Hazelfield Cottage 051 A middling sized farm house with extensive out offices attached convenient for a Dairy and attached is a farm of about 120 Acres - Occupied by William Glassford. The property of James Thompson Esq. Over Hazelfield
OS1/20/155/44 HAZELFIELD COTTAGE Hazlefield Cottage Hazlefield Cottage Hazlefield Cottage William Glassford Hazlefield Farm Auchencairn Thomas Garston Over Hazlefield William McBittie Hazelfield Cottage 051 A neat dwelling house with workshops and Garden attached - The property of James Thompson Esq.
OS1/20/155/44 [Page] 44 6 [Form] No. 136. List of Names collected by Jarvis Coe Pte [Private] R. S. [Royal Sappers] & Miners 1st Examiner [Column Headings] Plan--Trace--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address 51D--1 [Signed Collector] Jarvis Coe Pte [Private] R. S. & M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st January 1849
OS1/20/155/45 NETHER HAZELFIELD Nether Hazlefield Nether Hazlefield Robert Hannah Drungan's Farm Robert McCartney Nether Hazlefield 051 A farm house in good repair with extensive out offices the property of Horatio Stewart Murray Esq. of Broughton
OS1/20/155/45 TACHER BURN Tacher Burn Tacher Burn Robert Hannah Drungan's Farm Robert McCartney Nether Hazlefield 051 A considerable stream which takes its rise near Blue Hills but has no name until it enters the farm of Drungans. Its course is nearly south, forming for some distance the boundary between the property of Miss Culton & Horatio Stewart Murray Esq. It receives many small streams in its course and takes another name, ere it falls into the sea at Rascarrel Bay
OS1/20/155/45 [Form No. 136] [Page] 45 List of Names collected by Archibald Craig Pte. [Private] R. S. and M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st Examiner Plan 51D [Column Headings] [Plan and Trace]--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address No [Number] 2 [Signed Collector] Archibald Craig Pte. [Private] R. S. and M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 3rd January 1849
OS1/20/155/46 FORT [Nether Hazelfield] Fort Fort Robert Hannah Drungans Farm Robert McCartney Nether Hazlefield 051 This object has the appearance of having been an old Danish or British Fort, although very much defaced, the remains of it consists of a circular bank of earth about two feet in height, it is situated on a small eminence on the farm of Nether Hazlefield
OS1/20/155/46 CAIRN HILL Cairn Hill Cairn Hill Robert Hannah Drungans Farm Robert McCartney Nether Hazlefield 051 A small arable hill on the farm of Drungans on the summit of it is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trig [Trigonometrical] Party Round Dringins
OS1/20/155/46 [Page] 46 8 [Form] No. 136] List of Names collected by Archibald Craig Pte. [Private] R. S. and M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st Examiner Plan 51D [Column Headings] Field Book--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address No [Number] 2 [Signed Collector] Archibald Craig Pte. [Private] R. S. and M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 3rd January 1849
OS1/20/155/67 AIRYHILL Airy Hill Airy Hill David Ferguson Burnside via Auchencairn John Kilpatrick Dons Knowe via Auchencairn 051 a Small Cottage on the farm of Barlocco there is a Barytes Mine a few perches north of it
OS1/20/155/67 DONS KNOWE Dons Knowe Dons Knowe David Ferguson Burnside via Auchencairn John Kilpatrick Dons Knowe via Auchencairn 051 a House--a Small farm house in bad repair with 40 acres of land attached about one third of which is Coarse uncultivated Ground and the Remainder arable it is the Property of Horatio Stewart [Murray] Esqr
OS1/20/155/67 [Page] 67 29 [Form No. 136.] List of Names collected by William Rowan C/A [Civilian Assistant] 1st Examiner. [Column Headings] Plan & Trace--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address 51D T5 [Note under Dons Knowe] See 51DT1 [Signed Collector] 8th January 1849 William Rowan c a [Civilian Assistant]