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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEIKLEOUR | Meikleour Meikleour Meikleour Meikleour |
Mr. Stewart. Landsteward Mr. McLaughlan Grocer Val. [Valuation] Roll 1863 & Coy. [County] Directory Mr. Duff Tayfarm |
063 | A Small Village The property of Lady Keith and Nairne of Tulliallan Castle Cattle markets are held here monthly during Summer, in the market Green on a small elevated mound is a Stone about 8 feet high called the Tron* it was here where the market commodities had been weighed in olden times, also the misbehaved persons at the Markets were wont to undergo punishment by being chained to the Stone. In the Square a little north of the Tron is the Cross a Stone about 7 feet high and bearing date, "1698," On the west side of the Village is a small School house provided by Lady Keith. The Teachers only salary is £15 from the Goverment Grant annually, beside the School fees. And on the north of the village is a small but respectable looking Inn with suitable stabling attached, * Put in place of the old Tron stone [Initialled] JB |
| THE TRON [Meikleour] | The Tron | Mr. Stewart. Landsteward Mr. McLaughlan Grocer Val. [Valuation] Roll 1863 & Coy. [County] Directory Mr. Duff Tayfarm |
063 | ... in the market Green on a small elevated mound is a Stone about 8 feet high called the Tron* it was here where the market commodities had been weighed in olden times, also the misbehaved persons at the Markets were wont to undergo punishment by being chained to the Stone. |
| CROSS [Meikleour] | Cross | Mr. Stewart. Landsteward Mr. McLaughlan Grocer Val. [Valuation] Roll 1863 & Coy. [County] Directory Mr. Duff Tayfarm |
063 | In the Square a little north of the Tron is the Cross a Stone about 7 feet high and bearing date, "1698," |
| SCHOOL [Meikleour] | School | 063 | On the west side of the Village is a small School house provided by Lady Keith. The Teachers only salary is £15 from the Goverment Grant annually, beside the School fees. |
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[Notes: ]
Trone - a Market.
Trone - Weight. the standard weight used at the Trone. The trone
being the place where marketable goods are weighed.
That weight called of old the Trone-weight to be abolished & discharged,
& never hereafter to be received nor used Act 19th Feby [February] 1618. Murray p [page] 441.
Jameison's Scottish Dictionary
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