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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST WINNOC'S CHURCH (Ruin) | St. Mary's Church (Ruin) St. Winnoch's Church (Ruin) Church (Ruin) Church (Ruin) Church (Ruin) St. Winnoc's Church St. Winnoc's Church |
M.S. [Manuscript] of Dr. A. Crawfurd. Mr. Love: writer Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Graham Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Smith Mr. Craig : Surveyor. Origines Parochiales Scotiae. Chalmers' Caledonia. |
011.13 | "The auld kirk dedicated to St. Mary. It was like a "barn. It was repaired in 1729. The ailes : viz The Barr Aile (north side) - And the Castle. Sempill Aile (South Side) were built in the same year, 1729. They made the kirk a cross form. It "was knocked down in 1806" M.S. [Manuscript] of Dr. [Doctor] A Crawfurd. I have marked the site of the old kirk. A part of the original wall has been preserved, & repaired, and a clock put on it. The remaining part of the site is scarcely perceptible to a stranger, but I had a very old plan, lent me by the gravedigger, which served as a guide. Mr. Love thinks this Church was dedicated to St. Winnoch The Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Smith, Mr. Craig, & the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Graham, think there was never a St. Winnoch, and though they dont pretend to know anything of the matter, yet as Dr. [Doctor] Crawfurd says it was dedicated to St. Mary. they advise me to place every confidence on his statement There is nothing concerning it in the New. St : Acct. [Statistical Account] The only grave yard for the village & parish is attached to this old church. |
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[page] 68[St Winnoc's Church]
"The chapel or church dedicated to Saint
Winnoc, the abbot, whose festival is on 6th Nov. was
Situated, along with its kirk-town, on the west side of the
lake, to which it gave its name."
Origines Parochiales Scotiae. p-92.
On the north western side of this lake (Lochwinnoch) there
was founded, in early times, a chapel, which was dedi.cated
to St. Winnoc. From the tutelar saint, the adjacent
lake was called, Lochwinnoch; and the church, the village,
and the parish, obtained, from the lake, the name of
Lochwinnoch." Chalmers' Caledonia p. 847
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