OS1/20/29/30

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  3. Kirkcudbrightshire OS Name Books, 1848-1851
  4. Kirkcudbrightshire, Volume 29
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DOWNIES SHEIL Downies Sheil
Downies Sheil		 John Murray
R. Lennox		 014 [Situation] About 1 mile E. [East] of Long Loch of the Dungeon
A Shepherds house in bad repair, on the farm of Garrary and situated near to the margin of Downies Burn, not known in the locality how it got the name.
ELDERHOLM Elderholm
Elderholm		 John Murray
R. Lennox		 014 [Situation] About 7/8 mile E. [East] of Long Loch of the Dungeon.
A Shepherds house, slated and in middling repair, on the farm of Bush, Some Elder bushes had grown at one time here, which gave rise to the name.

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Parish of Kells

Form 136 Page
61 Downies Sheil
61 Elderholm

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Carsphairn Parish, Kells Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire County, Minnigaff Parish

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 14 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 14