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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGGAR [parish] | Bigre and Biger Biggar Biggar Biggar Biggar Biggar Biggar |
Ancient Charters Statistical Account Johnston's County Maps Forrest's County Maps Mr John Morrison Mr Robert Glen Mr David Lockhart. |
027; 033; 034 | “Biggar is a border parish of Lanarkshire, in the south-east, where it marches with the county of Peebles. It is bounded in the south by Culter and Kilbucho. In the east by Skirling. In the North by Dolphinton and Walston: and on the west by Libberton. Its length from the South-west, where it is washed for about 300 yards by the Clyde to its north-eastern extreme its, is 6½ miles. It approaches the form of a triangle, and contains 11½ square miles, or 5852 Scots Acres. There are neither coal, limestone, nor freestone in the parish, the predominating rocks being varieties of the secondary trap and porphyry series of Jameson of these plutonian masses the following may be mentioned: greenstone, amygdaloid, and porphyry”. +++ Statistical Account This parish has no detached portions within the boundaries of other parishes and there are no detached portions of other parishes within the limits of this. |
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