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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MAITLAND'S CROFT Maitland's Croft - Croft James Dryman, West Cairngaan, Drumore
Peter Maclean, Mull Farm, Drumore
036 The name applies to a Small Croft of about 2 acres which lies South and West of old Kirkmaiden, and close thereto. (It surrounds the Churchyard on the South and West.) It is the property of Captain Maitland of Fleugh and hence the name. It is Situated on the Mull Farm. The soil is arable, with the exception of a small portion of Rocky Pasture that is in the North End of it. "Tradition assigns that while the Corporate Burying in the Churchyard adjacent to this croft, that the horses were left out to graze on Maitland's Croft. After the Reformation this Croft was claimed by the Maitland family as a hereditary right. It is sometimes called St. Catherine's Croft.
SMITHY HILL Smithy Hill - Hill James Shaw, West Cairngaan, Drumore
James Dryman, West Cairngaan, Drumore
036 A small arable hill on the Mull Farm. It has derived the name from a Forge or Smithy being built adjacent to it some years ago, but is now entirely demolished.

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[Page] 145
List of Names collected by John Callanan C.A. [Civil Assistant]

Plan 36. A
Trace 5
[Parish] Kirkmaiden

Objects
Croft - a Croft
Hill - a hill

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John Callanan
C.A. [Civil Assistant]

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