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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CASTLEGATE | Castlegate | Mr Robert Smith. Provost Mr Gray. Rector Grammar School Mr Annan. Town Clerk Mr Ballantyne. Postmaster |
025.15 | Extends in a S.W.[South West] direction from the parish Ch.[Church] parallel to and on the East side of Broomgate. The Castlegate leads in a S.W.[South West] direction to the castlehill and must have been so called from that ancient fort to which it conducted, this is undoubtedly a very ancient portion of the town. - Hist.[History] of Lanark. Some of the houses are very old. They are in general 2 storeys slated and thatched. Some of the older houses are in a very dillapidated state, but the more modern houses which lie chiefly south of the site of the old Castlegate Port are well built and are principally 2 storeys.- slated and in good repair. |
| CHURCH [Lanark] | Mr Robert Smith. Provost Mr Gray. Rector Grammar School Mr Annan. Town Clerk Mr Ballantyne. Postmaster |
025.15 | Site of the Parish Church. This Chapel, the site of which is now occupied by the Ph [Parish] Church was erected in the 15 Century but the date is not known. "The inhabitants of the Burgh attended divine Service in the Chapel which devolved to the Burgh at the Reformation and in which the lofts and galleries were set apart for the Magistrates and Corporation." - Stat.[Statistical] Acct.[Account] of Lanark. It was totally removed in 1777 and before the Reformation it would appear to have been a Chapel of Ease to the old Ph.[Parish] Church. |
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| ST NICHOLAS' CHAPEL ([parish] Church on Site of) | St. Nicholas' Chapel | Mr Robert Smith. Provost Mr Gray. Rector Grammar School Mr Annan. Town Clerk Mr Ballantyne. Postmaster |
025.15 | Site of the Parish Church. This Chapel, the site of which is now occupied by the Ph [Parish] Church was erected in the 15 Century but the date is not known. "The inhabitants of the Burgh attended divine Service in the Chapel which devolved to the Burgh at the Reformation and in which the lofts and galleries were set apart for the Magistrates and Corporation." - Stat.[Statistical] Acct.[Account] of Lanark. It was totally removed in 1777 and before the Reformation it would appear to have been a Chapel of Ease to the old Ph.[Parish] Church. |
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Page 32 XXV.15 Lanark 1/500 Plans 12.Transcriber's notes
In list of names Under church it says (2000 sittings)I duplicated the St Nicholas entry so it can be found on a search for Church - hope that is ok. JD
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