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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LARBRAX SCHOOL Larbrax School
Larbrax School
Larbrax School
Inscription on Stone
Samuel C. Logan
John Burns
015 [Situation] 1 1/8 miles SSW [South South West] from Lochnaw Castle
A neat & well constructed building built in 1843 by the Earl of Stair and that of Sir Agnew together with a Small [Government] grant. Occupied as a [Schoolhouse] and endowed with about --- per annum by the parish [heritors] the remainder of the schoolmaster's Salary consist of the [Scholars] fees. the South wing of the building is the Schoolmasters dwelling the northern portion [is the] School room. It is Situate on the west side of the road leading [from] Kirkcolm to Portpatrick [road] it is is not a parochial School
CAIRN HILL OF BALGRACIE Cairn Hill of Balgracie
Cairn Hill of Balgracie
Cairn Hill of Balgracie
William McNeil
John McCubbin
John Kerr
015 [Situation] one mile SSW. [South South West] from Lochnaw Castle
A considerable hill on the farm of Balgracie on its Summit is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station improperly written "Kearn Hill" by Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party on this hill was formerly an old Cairn (the track of which is still distinct) from which the hill derives its name

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Parish of Leswalt

Form 136
Page 85- Larbrax School
87 - Cairn hill of Balgracie

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