OS1/20/151/97

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LANCEFIELD Lancefield
Lancefield
Adam Rankine
James Beck
050 [Situation] At the N.N.E [North North East] of the town of Kirkcudbright.
A few houses and a small portion of land attached used as gardens, the houses are chiefly Occupied by agricultural Labourers. The property of Mr Rankine of Kirkcudbright. This place was formerly a tannery but now long since in disuse. -
BARBARA'S WELL Barbara's Well
Barbara's Well
James Beck
Edward McCartney
050 [Situation] Near the N. E. [North East] side of the town of Kirkcudbright.
A Spring well issuing from a lock and Situated a Short distance to the East of Shelling Hill, it is said that it took its name from a woman called Barbara who had lived convenient to it. -

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Parish of Kirkcudbright

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229 - Barbara's Well

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