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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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DROVE PARK | john stewart farmer and occupier of said land. geo mchaffie esq. (provost) |
020 | A low thatched house with three houses attached. the propertyof the earl of galloway, of galloway house, now occupied by john stewart who holds a farm of 32 acres of dry land and is arable. | |
MAINS OF GLENTURK | john mc clelland farmer. geo mc haffie esq. ainslie's map 1782 rl eng map 1819. |
020 | Agood farm house with out offices attached. built of stone. the property of stair stewart (glasserton) now occupied by jofn mc clelland who ho;ds a farm of 225 acres of land 200 acres of said being dry land & that remainder being clay soil: there is a brig called after this name | |
ST NINIAN'S WELL | g mc haffieesq. jas stewart (drove park) |
020 | A well on the side of the road from wigton to newton stewart this is a cementable? well & ancient tradition says that st ninian partook of the refreshment at the well, it is supposed he was the first person who introducedchristianity to the county |
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