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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Kennings Well | Kennings Well Kennings Well Kennings Well Kennings Well Kennings Well Kennings Well |
Blantyre Church Records (1693) J. Money Ph [Parish] Schoolmaster F. Hamilton, Writer, Hamilton A. Jackson Esqr. Park J. Craig, Birdsfield J. Young, Feuar, Broompark or New Mains |
011.14 | An open Spring well having nothing whatever remarkable in its appearance. It is approached from the Village by a Public foot road which passes the Parish School. The Well is Public property, which according to a Tradition in the locality, was given by one of the Priors of Blantyre Priory to the Villagers & Farmers of the neighbourhood to water their cattle at. It is said that this right is still mentioned in some of the Farmers Leases, but some that have been seen do not confirm this statement. At present it is not used for Cattle. It is considered the best Well in the Village. The oldest of which there appears any writing in the Church Records, is 1693. It is mentioned in reference to a Libel made by a drunken Parishioner against a Stone Mason who had repaired it; the Libeller having said that "James Steel took the Poors money for his own use as also for his saying that Kennings Well was repaired with poors money. Other mention is made referring to the same subject, The spelling of each agrees. The Well is believed to be much older than the date of the Church Records. It is sometimes [continued on page 44] |
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