OS1/35/52/21
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SECESSION CHURCH | Secession Church | George McHaffie Esqr. Provost of wigtown | 020 | An United Secession Chapel in the burgh of Wigton now erecting at a cost of about £948 and "belonging to a congregation established in 1748" Top Stat & His Gaz. [Topographical Statistics & Historical Gazetteer] of Scotland page 818 The old Church was pulled down in march 1845 having stood for 95 years the new church is building upon the site of the old one- |
BOTANY BAY | Botany Bay | George McHaffie Esqr. Provost of wigtown | 020 | A back lane on the N. [North] side of wigtown on its S. [South] side is a Brewery.- |
HIGH VENNEL | High Vennel | George McHaffie Esqr. Provost of wigtown | 020 | a lane branching off & running N [North] from High Street the houses average from one to two stories in height the lane is macadamized & drained.- |
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Plan 20 B -- List of Names collected by Corpl. [Corporal] Robert Barlow R S & M [Royal Sappers & Miners] 1st. Examiner -- [Page] 21Trace 5 -- [Parish] Wigtown
Object
Secession Church - a Building
Botany Bay - Lane
High Vennel - Lane
[Signed] Robert Barlow
Corpl. R S & M [Royal Sappers & Miners]
5th. June 1845
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