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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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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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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