OS1/20/55/50

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
AUCHREOCH Auchreoch
Auchreoch
John Baird
Thomas Shearman
024 [Situation] About 15/8 miles N. E. [North East] by E [East] of New Galloway
A farm house Slated and in g[ood] repair with a farm of about 3[6?] Acres of land attached, the property of John Ewdwin Spal[ding] Esqr. of Holme. -
AUCHREOCH HILL Auchreoch Hill
Auchreoch Hill
John Baird
Thomas Shearman
024 [Situation] About 15/8 miles N. E. [North East] by East of New Galloway
A Considerable hill on the farm [of] Auchreoch (hence the name) [the] Surface of which is arable land
ROWANTREE Rowantree
Rowantree
John Baird
Thomas Shearman
024 [Situation] About 2 miles N. E. [North East] by E. [East] of New Galloway
A Small house thatch[ed] and in bad repair: on the far[m] of Townhead. It is the property [of] the heirs of the Late Lord Kenmu[re] probably it has tooK its name from a tree of the Above name, which Might have been near it

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146 - Auchreoch Hill
145 - Auchreoch
148 - Rowantree
Ach fhraoich The Field abounding in heath
Rowan - Tree (Scot.) [Scottish] The Mountain Ash

Transcriber's notes

Letters are lost in the gutter binding of all three entries.

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Molly Miller

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