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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BENSTON Benston
Benston
Benston
Valuation Roll
Ainslie Co. Map
Mr. Salmon Factor
011.12 An extensive farmsteading the property of Mr. L. Houston now Occupied by James Salmon.
CRAIGSTON Craigston
Craigston
Craigstown
Valuation Roll
Mr Salmon Factor
Ainslies Co Map
011.12 This farmsteading is the property of And Occupied by the proprietor Mr L. Houston.
LITTLE BENSTON Little Benston Mr Salmond Factor
Mr James Salmon
A McIntyre Clerk
011.12 A dwellinghouse on the farm of Benston Occupied by farm laborers.
Site of COCHRANE TOWER Cochrane House
Cochrane Tower
Cochrane Castle
Site of
Site of
Site of
Cochrane House
Crawford's History of Renfrew P.82
Origine Parochiales Scotiae
Mr Salmond Factor
Archibald McIntyre ClerK
William McGrgor
011.12 The site of this Castle Tower is well Known in the locality, Supposed Originally to belong to the Dundonald family.

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County of Renfrew -- Parish of Abbey
Notes - Cochrane Tower entry: "In the western extremity of the parish formerly stood the old tower of Cochrane, now demo-
lished, which gave name to the noble family of Dundonald as early as the 13th century." - Origines Parochiales Scotiae.
“Of the ancient manor place of the Cochranes, a family of great antiquity in Renfrewshire, and whose house and barony lay on the western side of the parish, no remains are to be seen. This was the principal manor of the Cochranes whose ancestors had possessed the lands well nigh five hundred years.” - New Statistical Account

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