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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SHELL ROAD Shell Road
Shell Road
Mr C. Christison
Mr J. Broadfoot
026 [Situation] passes North of West Mains & so on West to the main road from Wigtown to KirKinner
a road in good repair & good accomodation to the "East" of West Mains Farm, & the "Crook" this road was formed especially for the conveyance of shells from this shore by the Earl of Galloway, hence it takes name,
WEST MAINS West Mains

West Mains
West Mains
Mr J Broadfoot
Map of Farm
Mr C. Christison
Rl Engrs [Royal Engineers] Map 1819
026 [Situation] South of Shell Road & 6 chains west of East Mains and 7/8 mile N [North] by E [East] of Kirkinner
A good farmhouse, two stories high built of stone with outbuildings, & Gardens attached Property of the Earl of Galloway, occupied by Mr J. Broadfoot, who holds an extensive farm of good arable land
EAST MAINS East Mains
East Mains
East Mains
Mr J Broadfoot
Map of Farm by J. Christison
Rl Engrs [Royal Engineers] Map 1819
026 [Situation] South of Shell Road & 6 chains East of West Mains.
Cottage house, and outbuildings built of Stone, the property of the Earl of Galloway, in the occupation of Mr Broadfoot of West Mains, this is a farm of excellent land.

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Plan 26 A -- Parish of KirKinner

Form 136 P [Page]
16 - Shell Road
7 - West Mains
7 - East Mains

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