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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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KNOCKCRAVIE | KnocKravie Knockravie Knockravie KnocKreavie KnocKravie |
Ainslies map 1782 Alexader Hawthorn Mr. Alexander Hunter George McHaffie Esqr. Royal Engrs. [Engineers] Map 1819 Proprietors rent roll |
018 | [Situation] 1/4 of a mile N W [North West] of Kirkcowan Village A low thatched cottage in bad repair and a small cow house attached. it was formerly the farm house of Knockravie but the farm is now divided into several small tenements. Captain Hamilton is the proprietor. |
KIRKCOWAN | Kirkcowan Kirkcowan Kirkcowan Kirkcowan Kirkcowand Kirkcowan Kirkcowan Kirkcowan Kirkowan Kirkowen |
Mr. Alexander Hunter Royal Engrs. [Engineers] map. George McHaffie Esqr. Ainslies map 1782. History of Galloway Chalmers Caledonian vol. [volume] 3 P. [Page] 433. Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1842. Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
019 | [Situation] 7 miles N. W. [North West] of Wigton and 1 1/8 miles W by N [West by North] of the Conflux of the Tarf and Bladenoch Rivers A small village containing one street of generally low stone buildings (slated) there are some few houses two stories high . The Street is about One fourth of a mile in length Captn. [Captain] Hamilton is the proprietor. |
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[Page] 3 - Parish of KIrkcowan[Note]
cnoc (Gaelic), A hill etc.
Craobhach (Gaelic) Wood, Wooded etc, hence
KnocKcravie (cnoco-Craobhach) i.e. The wooded Hill
[Note below Knockravie] * Also the name of a small conical Hill
on the same farm.-
Knockravie See Plans 12D & 13C
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