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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL KNOWE | Bell Knowe Bell Knowe Bell Knowe Bell Knowe |
Rev. [Reverend] R Synnot Mr John McConchie. Mr. J. Rea George McHaffie Esq. |
019 | [Situation] 1/4 Mile North of the Mains of Penninghame A small pyramidal hill. when James IV. passed through Penninghame on 7th March 1506.7 on a pilgrimage to Whithorn, he gave at the Clauchan of Penninghame a donation of 9S.4g [9 shillings and four groats ] to a man that bore St. Ninians bell. From that circumstance the author of Caledonia concludes that it was a hand bell. That conjecture is almost confirmed by another circumstance. Very near to the ruins of the Old Church is a small Knoll, still denominated the "Bell Knowe" on that eminence, it seems most probable the man stood and rang the bell at the fixed hours. Statistical Account of Wigtownshire 1841 page 176. |
| SMITH'S CROFT | Smiths Croft Smiths Croft Smiths croft Smiths Croft Smiths Croft |
Rev [Reverend] A Synnott. Roman Catholic Clergyman. Mr Turnbull Ainslie's Map 1782. Statistical Acct. [Account] 1841. George McHaffie Esq. |
019 | [Situation] 1 Mile S.E. [South East] of the Mains of Penninghame This at present is merely a small enclosure, but of whatever importance it might have once been in the parish of Penninghame, it is now difficult to determine.- |
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[Page] 3 -- Parish of Penninghame"The Rev. [Reverend] A Synnott. states it as being the site of the secondary
dwelling place of the Bishop of Galloway, and that it was destroyed about 1560.
"The Rev. [Reverend] D McLeod St. Columba, Glasgow considers that the name( Penninghame) is Gaelic, and made up of two words ,
"signifying either the land for grazing young cattle , or the penny land ( the lot or portion) of the smith. That view
"of the derivation of the name is supported by the circumstance of a pendicle of land , denominated the Smiths Croft,
" lying within a short distance of the ruins of the old church . ( Took its name no doubt from the Occupier being a Smith)
Statistical Account of Wigton 1841 p 167.
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