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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
KATIE'S KNOWE Katey's Knowe
Katey's Knowe
Katie's Knowe
David McCulloch
James Neill
George McHaffie Esqr.
016 [Situation] Near the NW. [North West] end of Broomy Knowe
A Small hillock on the farm of Low Auchneel the soil is rough Pasture thinly covered with underwood
WAUK MILL Waulkmill
Waulkmill
Waukmill croft of Low Auchneel
Waulkmill of Low Auchneel
Wauk Mill


Wauk Mill
Wauk Mill


Wauk Mill
William Campbell
William McWilliam
Benjamin Buchanan
David McCulloch

Proprietors List of names per G. McHaffie Esqr.
Ainslie's Map 1782
Rl. Engrs. [Royal Engineers Map 1819
Admiralty Chart of Loch Ryan 1859
010 [Situation] One mile SE [South East] from Soleburn Mill
A neat farm house and outhouses in good repair with a farm of 20 acres of arable land here is also a carding mill of Long Standing there was formerly a lint mill here together with the above but for want of encouragement the latter has been discontinued for some [time] past. The above farm was formerly part of Low Auchneel but is now recognised as a Separate farm

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[Note] To Waulk. Wauk . Walk 0- To pull cloth etc
pronounced Wauk Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary

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