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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AISLE OF OLD CHURCH | Old Church (Aisle of) (1730) Old Church (Aisle of) (1730) Old Aisle School of Industry School of Industry |
William McLellan Esqr of Kirkcudbright John Broom Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] 1845 John Nicholson William Muir Esqr |
050 | [Situation] Near the North end of Castle St. o the NW [North West] side of the town of Kirkcudbright. The remains of the late Parochial Church little of which is now left except the aisle, at the South end of which in a recess in the wall formed by a semicircular arc and surmounted by the joint arms of Herries Maxwell & McLellan, inscribed by suitable inscriptions, also lies a figure of a belted Knight Thomas McLellan who founded Kirkcudbright Castle whose family are deposited in a vault below. In 1846 a beautiful Marble Table with suitable inscriptions was affixed to the wall to commemorate Dr [Doctor] Muter who died in Jany [January] 1820, and was interred in St. Cuthberts Graveyard. A splendid pulpit of oak still occupies the Western corner of the room. The room is now occupied as a school of Industry where young children are taught the elementary branches of education such as reading writing sewing knitting etc by a Governess who receives a salary of £20 per year from the Earl of Selkirk and 1d per week from each scholar of whom there are about 110 average, attending it. The building stands on the site of the Grey friars church pertaining to a convent of the same order, which was granted in 1564 by Mary Queen of Scots to the Magistrates of the burgh, for a protestant church it having been petitioned form by the General Assembly. It was used as a church until 1730 when it was supplanted by another which was occupied as the Ph [Parish] Church up to 1830. The aisle only of the latter is left which is used as a school, a great part of it was taken away for the erection of the present edifice. The Aisle is property of the Earl of Selkirk who purchased it from the Burgh to prevent its being pulled down. |
| SCHOOL [Kirkcudbright] | Old Church (Aisle of) (1730) Old Church (Aisle of) (1730) Old Aisle School of Industry School of Industry |
William McLellan Esqr of Kirkcudbright John Broom Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] 1845 John Nicholson William Muir Esqr |
050 | [Situation] Near the North end of Castle St. o the NW [North West] side of the town of Kirkcudbright. The remains of the late Parochial Church little of which is now left except the aisle, at the South end of which in a recess in the wall formed by a semicircular arc and surmounted by the joint arms of Herries Maxwell & McLellan, inscribed by suitable inscriptions, also lies a figure of a belted Knight Thomas McLellan who founded Kirkcudbright Castle whose family are deposited in a vault below. In 1846 a beautiful Marble Table with suitable inscriptions was affixed to the wall to commemorate Dr [Doctor] Muter who died in Jany [January] 1820, and was interred in St. Cuthberts Graveyard. A splendid pulpit of oak still occupies the Western corner of the room. The room is now occupied as a school of Industry where young children are taught the elementary branches of education such as reading writing sewing knitting etc by a Governess who receives a salary of £20 per year from the Earl of Selkirk and 1d per week from each scholar of whom there are about 110 average, attending it. The building stands on the site of the Grey friars church pertaining to a convent of the same order, which was granted in 1564 by Mary Queen of Scots to the Magistrates of the burgh, for a protestant church it having been petitioned form by the General Assembly. It was used as a church until 1730 when it was supplanted by another which was occupied as the Ph [Parish] Church up to 1830. The aisle only of the latter is left which is used as a school, a great part of it was taken away for the erection of the present edifice. The Aisle is property of the Earl of Selkirk who purchased it from the Burgh to prevent its being pulled down. |
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