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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GHAIST HALL | Ghaistha' or Gaisthaw Ghost Hall |
William Saunders George McHaffie Esqr. |
017 | [Situation] - 1 Mile North of Glenluce - A small Farm consisting of five fields. |
LADY BURN | Lady Burn Lady Burn Lady Burn |
John Adair Esqr. Ainslie's Map 1782 George McHaffie Esqr. |
017 | [Situation] about the centre of the Parish and South of the Town of Glenluce. - A considerable stream which rises in the N.E. [North East] part of the Parish, takes a course through the centre of the Parish Westward passes through a beautiful ornamental Glen, South of the Town of Glenluce, and south of BalKail. the residence of J.Adair Esqr. crosses the old road from Glenluce to Port William, and about 1/2 mile to the South of Glenluce falls into the Luce Water at its entrance into Luce Bay. |
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Parish of Old Luce -- [Page] 9Ghaist Hall -- Form 136 -- Page 40
Lady Burn -- Form 136-- Page 49
In Symson;s description of Galloway written in 1684. he writes .-
"In this parish of Glenluce,
"there was a spirit, which for a
"long space molested the House
"of one Campbell, a weaver; It
"would be tedious to give a full relation of all the
"Stories concerning it . Sinclair in his Hydrostatics gives
"Some account of it " Hist. [History] of Galloway Vol [Volume] 2 app. P [page] 78
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