OS1/35/84/31

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BLACK'S PLANTATION Black's Plantation
Black's Plantation
Black's Plantation
Black's Plantation
Black's Plantation
Thomas Dodds
James McCredie
William Bradshaw
Alexander McQueen
George McHaffie Esqr
034 [Situation] About 1 mile W [West] by N [North] of the town of Whithorn.
A considerable Sized plantation Situated on portions of Several Farms on the estate of Stair H. Stewart Esq of Physgill & Glasserton a person named Black supplied the plants hence the name.
CATTANS Cattans
Cattans
Cattons
Catyans
James McCredie
John McAvoy
Rl. Engrs. [Royal Engineers] Map 1819
Ainslies Map 1782
034 [Situation] 1/2 mile W [West] by N [North] of the town of Whithorn.
A Farm house & Offices in indifferent repair on the Estate of the Earl of Galloway.
CAIRN PLANTATION Cairn Plantation
Cairn Plantation
Cairn Plantation
James McCredie
John McAvoy
George McHaffie Esqr.
034 A small plantation on the farms of Rispen & Backtraes chiefly hard or mixed wood it is the property of S. H. Stewart Esq. of Physgill & Glasserton in it is a tree adopted as a Trig :[Trigonometrical] station called by Trig: [Trigonometrical] party "Cairnplanting tree"

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[Page] 31 -- Parish of Whithorn
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Page 111-- Black's Plantation
111 -- Cattans
112 -- Cairn Plantation

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