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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANN STREET [Hamilton] | Ann Street | Corner Tickets | 017.04 | A Short Street branching off Campbell Street in a westerly direction and terminating at Cadzow St, [Street] |
| CHURCH [Hamilton] | Church Church |
Mr. Thomson Mr. Henderson Town Clerk |
017.04 | A handsomely built edifice, being the Parish Church, it was built in 1730, the interior is well fitted up with pews galleries etc. Sufficiently commodious for about 800 persons. On the west side of the Grave Yard is a small portion of enclose ground, appropriated as the Cholera Burial ground. |
| MARTYRS' MONUMENT [parish churchyard, Hamilton] | Martyrs' Monument Martyrs' Monument |
Mr. Henderson Cloud of Witnesses |
017.04 | A small Grave Stone bearing the following inscription. "At Hamilton lie the heads of John Parker, Gavin Hamilton, James Hamilton and Christopher Strang, who suffered at Edinburgh December 7th 1666. "Stay, passenger, take notice what thou reads "at Edinburgh ly our bodies, here our heads "our right hands stood at Lanark, these we [want] "Because with them we sware the Covenant. |
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The end of the second last line on the page is in the gutter edge, however, the word missing is 'want' [source "Hamilton 1475-1975" a booklet celebrating 500 years of the Burgh of Hamilton and in which the inscription is quoted]Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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