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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ECCLESIAMAGIRDLE CHAPEL (Ruins of) Ecclesiamagirdle
Ecclesiamagirdle
Ecclesiamagirdle
Chapel in Ruins
Ecclesiamagirdle Chapel
Ecclesiamagirdle Chapel
Captain Halkett Glenearn House
William Murray Pitcaithly
William Dow, Glenearn
Morison's Map of Perthshire
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Goodall
Mr. Martin. Schoolmaster
110 [Situation] In the north end of Dron (Detd.) [Detached]
This name signifying "The Church of the Girdle" applies to a small Chapel on the Estate of Glenearn It is in a ruinous State the four walls alone remaining and is surrounded by a Graveyard, The name is supposed to have orriginated from the using of a Girdle instead of a Bell to call the people to worship.
ECCLESIAMAGIRDLE HOUSE Ecclesiamagirdle House
Ecclesiamagirdle House
Ecclesiamagirdle House
Ecclesiamagirdle
Captain HalKett,
William Murray,
William Dow,
Morison's Map of Perthshire
110 [Situation] In the north end of Dron (Detd.) [Detached]
This House which is situated close to the Chapel is also in a ruinous State, The date of its erection is supposed to have been the same as the Chapel in the year 1636.
N.B. The date 1636 is evidently incorrect as applied to the old chapel as this was an appendage of Lindores Abbey - see extract in opposite page.
GLENEARN Glenearn
Glenearn
Glenearn
Captain Halkett
William Murray
William Dow
110 [Situation] In the north end of Dron (Detd.) [Detached]
A commodious Farm House on the estate of Glenearn, It is the Property of Captain Hackett. Farmed by William Dow.

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Transcriber's notes

There is some confusion in Captain's surname - Halkett or Hackett. Elsewhere more clearly Hackett.

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