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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GILLBANK Gillbank

Gillbank

Gillbank
Thomas Stewart occupier
Andrew Wilson East Merkland.
John Boyes Avonbank
030.04 A farmhouse occupied by the proprietor Thomas Stewart.
TAFTS Tafts

Tafts

Tafts
Robert Jamieson Lesmahagow
Thomas Stewart Gillbank
Andrew Wilson East Merkland.
030.04 A farmhouse occupied by Thomas Stewart and the property of Robert Jamieson of Lesmahagow. This is Taths on the county map but this is not correct. In some parts, the same name would be written Tofts.
AVONBANK Avonbank

Avonbank

Avonbank
John Boyes occupier
John Cochran of Struther.
William Hamilton of Strutherhead
030.04 A farmhouse occupied by John Boyes and the property of John Dixon of Lesmahagow.

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County of Lanark--Parish of Avondale

Examiners comments:-
Gillbank - "Gil, Gill,- A hole, a cavern, a steep narrow grassy glen, the bed of a mountain torrent, a ravine." Jamieson.

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