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are no Authorities produced by him, and that it is not merely the only parish, but the only village (I presume) in Scotland, which is designated by a Christian and family name, joined together in this awkward unusual form.
According to Forrests Map of the County, the length of the parish is between 11 and 12 miles, and its breadth between 9 & 10, and it contains 41.50 square miles and 21.123 scots acres. This is the parish in Lanarkshire which unites with it the counties of Dumfries and Ayr. This parish may be said to consist of one large glen, along with the adjoining hills, ascending from Clyde and Abington to Cairntable on the borders of Ayrshire. The village of Crawfordjohn may be about 200 feet lower than Leadhills, which is understood to be 1280 feet above the level of the sea, and that the top of Cairntable is 1650. Duneaton is the only river, unless Snar and Blackburn be honoured with the same appellation. In several places, there are Chalybeate and petrifying springs. Only one of ten heritors of the parish constantly resides in it. There are five miles of the Glasgow and Carlisle road in this parish, and nearly the same of the Biggar and Leadhill road. Only one bridge is entirely in the parish, over Duneaton; and on the Glasgow road; the parish, however, is connected with the parishes of Crawford and Roberton by two bridges - one over Duneaton, and another over Glengonner. In this parish, there are no fewer than 8 houses in which spirituous or malt liquors are sold.
Statistical Account 1841
There are no detached portions of this Parish, nor are there any detached portions of any other Parish within it.
Are there any det [detached] portions of Crawfordjohn? or det [detached] of any other parish within Crawfordjohn
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Transcriber's notes

The last two lines "Are there any...Crawfordjohn" is written by another hand to that of the rest of the page. It may have been written before the line above it "There are no detached....within it" was written.