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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CHAPEL AND BURIAL GROUND (Site of) | Site of Chapel Site of Chapel Site of Chapel Site of Chapel Site of Chapel Site of Chapel | Chalmers' Caledonia James Stevenson, Collier David Roberts, Collier Dr. Faulds. Holytown R. Kirkland. Cashier of Monklands Iron & Steel Co. [Company] James Clark, Manager | 008.15 | "In the north east district of this Parish, on the lands of Lachope, there was, of old, a chapel the ruins whereof are still extant." Chalmers' Caledonia. The Site of this Chapel as pointed out by the first three personal authorities quoted, is well known from many persons in the neighbourhood remembering the ruins standing as late as fifty years ago. About eighteen years ago, while making a Road to the Iron Works through a Cutting, at the place shewn on Trace, as printed out on Trace by the last two authorities quoted, there were Seven wooden coffins found lying in a line with a space of a few feet between each coffin. The wood was remarkable for the fine state of preservation it was in at the time the coffins were found. Their contents were skeletons much decayed. No Traces whatever are to be seen of the chapel on the ground. Several Rails for Waggons now stand upon the site of this Chapel. |
Continued entries/extra info
"At Chapel, on the bank of a stream north-east from the house of Lauchope, there existed in the beginning of the last century, a ruined chapel, then used as a burial place by the family of Lauchope." Origines Par [Parochiales]: Scotiae."North-east from Lauchope was formerly a religious house, of what order is not known." Old Stat [Statistical] Acct [Account]
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In the Description Remarks, three words / phrases are underlined in the 3rd sentence: "on Trace" in the phrase "as pointed out on Trace", "wooden" as in "wooden coffins" & "a line" as in "lying in a line" are all underlined.There is additional information written below and across the fields of the official entry in a different handwriting. This has been transcribed under "Continued entries / extra info". The information consists of quotations from older documents, as evidence of the existence of the Chapel. The Sources of both quotations are underlined.
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