OS1/26/12/92
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SHAWS ( In Ruin) | Shaws (in Ruins) Shaws (in Ruins) Shaws (in Ruins) |
Mr James Laird Robert Salmon Esqr Estate Map |
002.13 | The ruins of a small farm steading the property of Major Darroch, when the 'Shaws Water Cos. [Companies] Great Reservoir' was formed the greater part of the arable land of this farm was covered, the houses were then allowed to fall in ruins, and the remainder of the land joined to the farm of Killochend |
KILLOCHEND | Killochend Killochend Killochend |
Robert Salmond Mr. James Laird Tenant Estate Map |
002.13 | A small farm Steading at the North Eastern end of the SW Cos. [Shaws Water Companies] Great Reservoir the property of Major Darroch. |
GREAT RESERVOIR OR LOCH THOM | Shaws Water Co. [Companies] Great Reservoir Loch Thom Shaws Water Great Reservoir |
James Crawford Esqr. Robert Salmon Esqr Mr. Morrison Manager |
002.13 | An extensive Reservoir about 2 Miles North from the Town of Greenock, belonging to the 'Shaws Water Co. [Company]' and formed for the purpose of supplying water power to drive the machinery of the various Mills at that Town. The water, on leaving this Reservoir enters a smaller one from which an Aqueduct leads to Greenock. The people in the locality, almost unversally, call it Loch Thom, from the name of the Engineer that laid it off. |
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[Page] 92Parish of Innerkip Sheet 2.13 T. [Trace] 1,4 & 5
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