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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMRIGS | Comrigs Comerings |
Mr. Mather. Factor Robert Currie Bar: [Baron} Officer Estate Map Ainslies Ph. [Parish] Map New Stat [Statistical] Account |
017.14 | This name applies to several enclosed lands which at one time formed a farm. These enclosures are situated west of the village. |
| KIRKTON SANDS | Kirkton Sands | Estate Map Mr. Mather. Factor Robert Currie Bar: [Baron] Officer |
017.14 | This name applies to enclosed lands situated east of the Village. They at one time formed a farm. |
| EAGLESHAM [village] | Eaglsham | Mr. Mather. Factor Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Colville Estate Map. New Stat. [Statistical] Account etc. etc. |
017.14 | This village consists of two principal Streets nearly paralel, and contains 122 houses. [The] tenements are held on a feu of 999 years [at] trifling cost. The population is poor, and composed principally of weavers, of whom 400 work at the handloom, and 2[?] are employed in a cotton factory situated in the middle of the village. It is in the presbytery of Glasgow, Stipend £278.14.6, appropriated tiends £856.2.5, patron, Allan Gilmour Esq. present incumbent, the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Colville. It contains a church, two dissenting places of worship, besides rooms by different sects as preaching places. The parish [school] contains about 90 Scholars, besides which, there are two [others] containing respectively about 40 & 30 scholars. 40 of the [?] children attend in one or other of these Schools. No m[?] is held here. See historical extracts affixed to end of book for further particulars. |
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Parish of Eaglesham]
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