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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKMAIDEN CHURCH | Old Kirkmaiden Old Kirkmaiden |
Peter McLean John Brown |
036 | [situation] 25 chains N by W [North by West] of Mull (farm house) The site of an old chapel or ch. [church] Situate in a small valley near to the South East side of Portan-Kill it is from this church or chapel the Ph. [Parish] of Kirkmaiden takes its name Nothing of it now remains but the site or foundation (as shewn on Traces) attached to it is a small church yard. Tradition assigns that this had been a Roman Catholic Chapel before the reformation & afterwards turned into a Protestant Church in which the Rev [Reverend] John Callender first Protestant Minister of the Parish Preached. This is the Old Ph. [Parish] Church refered to in Chamber's Caledonia. It is on the Farm of Mull The property of Col. [Colonel] McDowall of Logan |
Continued entries/extra info
[page] 61Parish of Kirkmaiden
Form 136
Page 143 - Old Kirkmaiden
According to Chamber's
Caledonia Vol[ume] 3 page 440 -
This appears to have been the Old Parish Church
dedicated to St medan, and from which
the Parish derives its name.
and in the Statistical Acct [Account] of the Parish page 205
published 1841 it appears that a new church
was commenced about the centre of the Parish
in 1638
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Chr1smac -Moderator, Brenda Pollock
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