OS1/20/151/117

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Kirkcudbrightshire OS Name Books, 1848-1851
  4. Kirkcudbrightshire, Volume 151
  5. OS1/20/151/117
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GAS WORKS [Kirkcudbright] Gas Works
Gas Works		 William McLellan Esqr.
John Broom		 050 [Situation] Near the W [West] side of St Mary's St. and in the N. [North] part of the town of Kirkcudbright.
The Gasworks at Kirkcudbright were erected in 1839 by a joint stock Company of 320 Shares of £5 per Share. The Gasworks consists of the usal apparatus common to small works of the Kind, it has three retorts and one Gasometer, the coals used are the canal coal. Household burners are supplied at 11d per thousand cubic feet. The works are managed by a board of directors, and returns about 5 per cent to the proprietors.

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Parish of Kirkcudbright

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Borgue Parish, Kirkcudbright Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire County, Rerrick Parish, Twynholm Parish

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 50 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 50