Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906. Excerpt: ... severall medows and woods belonging to his Grace of Hamilton with a pritty large platt of firrs as a visoe to the house just. opposite to the mouth of the great avenue. Thus I have gone through the whole paroch and have taken notice of every thing remarkable so far as they did occur to me at present. Only I had almost forgot to take notice that the Kings high Street the common passage betwixt Edr. and Glasgow by way of the Kirk of Shotts goes the whole lenth of the paroch from the one end to the other, and divides it almost into two equal half being scarce discernable which of 51/3. the two Calders, the high way is nearest. The highway enters the west end of this paroch at a place called the wine foord a very litle above Calder Bridge, where as we noticed before, the water emptys itself into Clyde. Again the highway goes out of this paroch and enters into that of Bartromshalls at ane house called Sandy foord a mile east from the house of Lachope so the passengers betwixt Edr. and Glasgow travell full seven miles in the paroch of Bothwell. I should have taken notice of some of the most remarkable places upon the high road but neither the Kirk nor any of the gentlemen's houses stand upon the road, tho' all or most of them are in view at some place or other of it but these having been already describ'd their bearing and distance marked, it would be needless to repeat. 12. Memorandum about the Paroches of INCHENAN and ERESKIN. Shyre of Renfrew by Mr Farquhar 1725. 1. Memorandum about the Pakoch of INCHENAN. The paroch of Inchenan in the shyre of Renfrow is bounded by the river Clyde on the north the river called White Cart on the east, the river Gryff on the south and the Paroch of Erskin on the west. It is two miles in length, and where broadest, about a mil...
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