----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Maxwell" <tonymaxwell@shaw.ca> To: <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:33 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] Place names in Wigtownshire Tony, I am at present researching the tenant farmers in the farms of Stoneykirk parish. The farms of Kildonnan and Meoul (today's spellings) are in Stoneykirk parish. They are very close to Portpatrick Parish. Meoul has been spelled as Myole, and possible Mule, but I haven't come across this last one yet in the records, it may be that it is just a local pronunciation - "The Mule". Kildonnan is very complex with many tenants over the years each with varying acreages of land. Some records give the acreages they held. For example:- In "Myole" in 1841/1861 David Ferguson was the tenant of 68 acres (he died 7/5/1869) but there was also a tenant in 1861 - William Cain with 7 acres. At present I can give you tenant farmers in Kildonnan from 1742 until 1861 - watch this space.! Wish me luck, it is going to take quite a while to find them all. Diana > Hi there, > > Would anyone know of the existence or locations of two places in > Wigtownshire called Kildonan and Mule. > > Kildonan could be in either Portpatrick or Stoneykirk Parish. > > Any help would be much appreciated > > Kind regards, > Tony Maxwell > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >