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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAUCHRIE | Sauchrie Sauchrie Sauchrie Sauchrie |
J.G. Hannay Alexander Henderson Revd [Reverend] William Menzies Johnston's County Maps |
038 | A large Modern Building two Storeys high with outhouses of one Storey, all slated and in excellent repair. Property & residence of Alexander Mitchell Esqr. |
| WINDYHILL | Windyhill Windy Hill |
William Menzies J.G. Hannay Alexander Henderson |
038 | A Cothouse on the farm of Beoch one storey high slated & in good repair. John Rankine Esqr. Proprietor. Probably so called from its exposed situation. |
| BEOCH | Beoch Beoch Beoch Beoch |
J.G. Hannay Alexander Henderson Revd. [Reverend] William Menzies Johnston's County Map |
038 | A large Farmsteading Consisting of dwelling & outhouses, one storey high, all slated & in good repair. Property of John Rankin Esqr. |
Continued entries/extra info
Parish of Maybole -- [Page] 55[Below entry for Sauchrie:]
"Sauchrie" "It is mentioned without any comment in
Abercrummie's description of CarricK, but the name is rarely to
be found in any of the earlier documents". "Mr James Chalmers
of Sauchrie, an immediate branch of the Chalmerses of Gadgirth, his name occurs in the testament of John Henderson
of Woodstown in 1618".
Patersons Hist. [History] of Ayrshire.
Mr. William Porteous of Dalrymple says that the oldest part of this house, still preserved in good condition
was built by a Sheriff Wallace of Ayr, the celebrated John Loudon McAdam, the McAdamizer of our roads, built a large
addition to it and lastly Archibald Kelso Esq. as late as 1817 or 1818 built the last addition or made the house as it now stands, three
houses joined and communicating together.
[Below entry for Beoch]:
There never was a castle at this place as mentioned in the Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Mr
William Porteous of Dalrymple recollects the old Farmsteading, the dwelling house
a two storey plain building covered with thatch. None of the inhabitants ever heard
of a building at this place of more ancient date than the last mentioned.-
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Chr1smac -Moderator, Derek Ferguson, graham rolph
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