The New Statistical Account of Scotland: LanarkW. Blackwood and Sons, 1845 |
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... James Kirkton 1655 1657 John Bannatyne 1688 1707 John Orr Robert Dick 1708 1748 1750 1754 James Gray William Menzies 1755 1793 1793 The presbytery records commence in 1620 . The glebe is four acres in extent , and is LANARK . 25.
... James Kirkton 1655 1657 John Bannatyne 1688 1707 John Orr Robert Dick 1708 1748 1750 1754 James Gray William Menzies 1755 1793 1793 The presbytery records commence in 1620 . The glebe is four acres in extent , and is LANARK . 25.
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The glebe is four acres in extent , and is worth about L. 16 per annum . The amount of the stipend is 19 chalders , half barley , half meal , with L. 20 for communion elements . There is no chapel of ease attached to the Established ...
The glebe is four acres in extent , and is worth about L. 16 per annum . The amount of the stipend is 19 chalders , half barley , half meal , with L. 20 for communion elements . There is no chapel of ease attached to the Established ...
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... glebe of eight acres ( Scotch , ) which might be let at L. 5 per acre ; with a stipend of sixteen chalders , one half oat- meal and the other barley , converted , at the highest fiars price of the county , and yielding on an average of ...
... glebe of eight acres ( Scotch , ) which might be let at L. 5 per acre ; with a stipend of sixteen chalders , one half oat- meal and the other barley , converted , at the highest fiars price of the county , and yielding on an average of ...
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... glebe extends to about 8 Scotch acres , and is worth L. 16 yearly . The stipend is 15 chalders , or 240 bolls Linlithgow measure , of grain , half meal and half barley , besides L. 8 , 6s . 8d . for com- munion elements . There are no ...
... glebe extends to about 8 Scotch acres , and is worth L. 16 yearly . The stipend is 15 chalders , or 240 bolls Linlithgow measure , of grain , half meal and half barley , besides L. 8 , 6s . 8d . for com- munion elements . There are no ...
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... glebe was far from the church and " the gate to it foul , " and that there was no manse for the mi- nister , who had flitted five times in the memory of man . A manse and glebe of eight acres were then designed at the kirk style . Soon ...
... glebe was far from the church and " the gate to it foul , " and that there was no manse for the mi- nister , who had flitted five times in the memory of man . A manse and glebe of eight acres were then designed at the kirk style . Soon ...
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