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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
RENWICK'S MONUMENT Renwicks monument David morrine School master
William Wallace
John mc Kill
John yong [Young]
030 [Situation] In Wn. [Western] vicinity of Minnyhive,
A neat stone monument, on which the following inscription is engraved,
"Erected In memory of the late Reva. [Reverend] James Renwick the last who suffered to death for his Attachment to the Covenanted Cause of Christ in Scotland Born near this spot 15 Feby. [February] 1622 & Executed at the Grass market Edinburgh 17th Feby. [February] 1688 The Righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance Psalms CXII .6 Erected by Subscription A.D.M. D. CCCVIII"
COTTAGE ROW Cottage Row David morrine William Wallace
John Smith
Gilbert Callow [Collow] Esqr.
030 [Situation] From the west end of Ayr Street running west.
A row of slated houses on the Ayr road Known as Cottage Row persons living in them pay so much a foot for the ground to mr. mc Turk Esqr. Proprieter

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[Page] 116,
Parish of Glencairn -- Plan 30—14 Trac 3

[Signed] P Connell
PteRS&m [Private Royal Sappers and Miners]

Transcriber's notes

Renwick's Monument - Authorities - 'Young' is spelt wrong
- Descriptive Remarks. There are a number of mistakes. The actual Inscription is as follows:

IN MEMORY OF
the late
REVD. JAMES RENWICK.
the last who
Suffered to Death
for
Attachment to the Covenanted Cause
of CHRIST
in SCOTLAND:
Born
Near this Spot.
15th Feby. 1662:
and Executed
at the Grafsmarket Edinburgh.
17th Feby. 1688.
"The Righteous shall be in
Everlasting Remembrance."
Psal CXII=6.
Erected by Subscription
A: D. MDCCCXXVIII.

[Psalm is 112, Erection year is 1828]
See photo:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Inscription_on_Renwick_Monument_Moniaive..jpg

Cottage Row - Authorities - 'Collow' is spelt wrong
Descriptive Remarks - 'Proprietor' either seems to be spelt wrong or is poorly written

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