OS1/20/8/10

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Kirkcudbrightshire OS Name Books, 1848-1851
  4. Kirkcudbrightshire, Volume 8
  5. OS1/20/8/10
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GOLD WELLS Gold Wells
Gold Wells		 James Sloan Senior
James Sloan Junior		 005 [Situation] About 2½ Miles E. by N. [East by North] of Knockingarroch farm house
Two small springs near the Summit of Cairnsmore, it was out of which (and some small streams in the locality) a Mr Dodd who was celebrated for his chimical skill, collected a quantity of Gold, and converting it into some foreign coin, but while doing so, he was disturbed by some of the Officers of the Crown sent to apprehend him, in his lucrative retirement.

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Parish of Carsphairn

Form 136 Page
31 Gold Wells

  Transcribers who have contributed to this page.

DANIALSAN, Gerald Cummins

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Carsphairn Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire County

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 5 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 5