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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CHURCH formerly Crichton Collegiate Church Crichton Church (Ph) [Parish] Rev [Reverend] Mr Welsh, Cranston Manse
Mr Laidlaw, Loquheriot
Rev [Reverend] Mr Crawford, Chrichton Manse
013 A cruciform stone edifice in an antique style of architecture & dating prior to 1449 at which period it was made a "Collegiate Church" by Sir W. Crichton Lord Chancellor of Scotland it is the parish Kirk, & contains 600 sittings, but its audience seldom numbers over 100 the parishoners [parishioners] being mostly Free Church & other kinds of dissenters
CRICHTON CASTLE (Ruins of) Crichton Castle (Norman era) Rev [Reverend] Mr Welsh, Cranston Manse
Mr Laidlaw, Loquheriot
Rev [Reverend] Mr Crawford, Chrichton Manse
013 A very splendid specimen of the ancient Norman Stronghold presenting in its architecture the style of three different ages, its form is quadrangular & its walls massive & of considerable height perforated in numerous places by loopholes and small windows. The large square Keep in its South east side is an erection of great strength like the remainder of the structure in a very dilapidated state, it was once the property of the celebrated Crichton Lord Chancellor of Scotland, it is now the property of Capt [Captain] B. Callendar of "Preston Hall"

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List of Names collected by 2nd Corpl [Corporal] Mechan RSM [Royal Sappers & Miners]
[Plan] 13 D [Trace] 5
[Parish] Crichton

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Spelling of "Chrichton" in address of Authority Crawford is assumed to be an error by Mechan.

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