OS1/35/87/8

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Wigtownshire OS Name Books, 1845-1849
  4. Wigtownshire, volume 87
  5. OS1/35/87/8
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
INCHNAGOUR Inch-na-gour
Inch-na-gour		 John Brown
William McCulloch		 035 [Situation] At the west side of Aughneight Moor
A range of steep rocky precipices overhanging the sea. On the farm of Auchneight.
SLEW-WHAN POINT Slew-whan Point
Slew-whan Point		 William McCulloch
John Brown		 035 [Situation] About ¾ mile W by S [West by South] of Auchneight (farm house)
A small rocky point stretching into the sea about two chains, not Known how it got its name
PORTDOWN BAY Portdown Bay
Portdown Bay		 John Brown
William McCulloch		 035 [Situation] At the South side of Slew-whan Point.
A small creek on the Western co[ast] of Kirkmaiden where small boa[ts] run in for shelter.

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[Page] 8
Parish of Kirkmaiden
Form 136
Page 84 - Inch-na -gour
85- Slew-whan point
86- Portdown Bay

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Chr1smac -Moderator, Brenda Pollock

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Kirkmaiden Parish, Wigtownshire County

  Linked mapsheets.

Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Wigtownshire, Sheet 35 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Wigtownshire, Sheet 35
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Wigtownshire, Sheet 36 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Wigtownshire, Sheet 36