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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LESWALT CHURCH Leswalt Church

Leswalt Church
Revd. [Reverend] Andrew McCubbin
William Main
009 [Situation] 1 3/4 Miles N.E by E [North East by East] of Lochnaw Castle
A moderate Sized Stone edifice plain building ornamented with buttresses but without tower or Steeple but having a belfry it is capable of accommodating about 800 persons with Seats It was built in 1812 the Revd. [Reverend] Andrew McCubbin is minister. The belfry is used as trig: [trigonometrical] Station
LOW KIRKLAND Low Kirkland
Low Kirkland
Low Kirkland
Robert Portous
Revd. [Reverend] Thomas Bell
George McHaffie Esqr.
009 [Situation] 15 Chains North of the Parish Church
A farm house in good repair and out houses and a farm of 100 acres of land. occupied by Robert Portous. The property of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw
KIRKLAND QUARRY Kirkland Quarry
Kirkland Quarry
Kirkland Quarry
Revd. [Reverend] Thomas Bell
Robert Portous
George McHaffie Esqr.
009 [Situation] 25 chains West of the Parish Church
A quarry of blue Stone or (more properly) Greywacke it is used to a great extent in Stranraer particularly the churches recently built

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