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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARK HOUSE [Stranraer] | Park House Park House |
Major General McDowal C.B [Companion of the Bath] John Adair Esqr. |
016 | [Situation] 1/4 Mile west from Ph. [Parish] church Stranraer A neat house modern Style of building with suitable out offices garden orchard & ornamental gd [ground] attached. The residence of Major General McDowal C.B. [Companion of the Bath] The property of R.V. Agnew Esq. of Sheuchan. |
| FREE CHURCH [Sheuchan] | Sheuchan Free Church Sheuchan Free Church |
Revd. [Reverend] Robert McDowal John McGarvey |
016 | [Situation] 3/8 mile W. [West] from the Parish Ch. [Church] Stranraer A plain rectangular Stone building of the modern Style built partly by the [Free Church] and of the Sustentation fund and partly by private Subscription in it is 300 fittings The minister is the Revd. [Reverend] Robert McDowal who is paid by the Free church Sustentation fund It is situate on the Sheuchan estate The property of R.V. Agnew Esqr.- |
| ST JOHN'S WELL [Stranraerl | St. John's Well St. John's Well |
John McColm H. McCrea |
016 | [Situation] 1/4 mile N.W [North West] from the Parish Church Stranraer A Spring well the water of which is soft which rises within the tide mark about 73 links from high water mark it is covered at each returning tide it is noticed by Simpson in 1684 See Chambers Caledonia vol. [volume] 3 P. [Page] 437 |
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Parish of Leswalt - 45/4081 4 & 5 (80 - [page] 17Form 136
Page 119 - Park House
116- Sheuchan Free Church
119- St. John's Well
" In the old parish of Inch there were two Chapels : 1st. St. John's Chapel, which
Stood at the South end of Loch Ryan, at the east end of the Burgh of Stranraer
This Chapel was in ruins in 1684---- A piece of law which belongs thereto was called St. John's Croft. And a
copious Spring of soft water which rises within the floodmark is still called St. John's Well "
abridged from Chalmers Caledonia Vol. [Volume] 3 page 437
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