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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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ST MARY'S CHURCH (Remains of) | St Mary's Church St Mary's Church St Mary's Church |
Rev.[Reverend] Alexander McLean Rev. [Reverend] James Walker Mr Walter Watson |
026.07 | The most perfect piece of antiquity which is presented in the parish is the aisle which though built in 1424 retains much of its original grandeur. It is a Gothic structure covered with freestone flags, and the north window especially appears to have been a beautiful piece of workmanship. It has successively been the burying place of the Sommerville family, of the Dalziels, Earls of Carnwath, and now of a branch of the Lockhart family. The church to which no doubt it was attached and of which it formed a part, was founded in 1386 and endowed by the existing Lord Sommerville in 1424 with some lands which one of his successors in vain endeavoured to resume. It was funded for a priest and with |
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