Balmaghie parish 1684

Balmaghie -from Blaeu's Atlas, NLS website

Balmaghie parish in 1684

Compared with the other parish lists, the Balmaghie one is slightly confusing. However, it does contain one interesting lost farm name- given as Armanoch- which I disuss in detail at the end.

Taken from the Register of the Privy Council (Scotland) Third Series Volume 9, pages 565-6, 572.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112103825610;view=1up;seq=9

1 Ten pundland of Moore, containing :

2 NX 614 693 Arie, Nether ----- Airie

NX 632 297 Arie, Over ---- Upper Arie, in ruins

3 NX 645 696 Strone ---- Stroan Hill, field system, rig and furrow. Settlement replaced by Stroan

NX 641 700

4 NX 651 684 Slogary ---- Slogarie

5 NX 642 668 Tormullane, Meikill and Little----- Tormollan Hill. Tormollin shown on John Ainslie's Stewartry map 1797 and John Thomson 1821 but not on first OS map, apart from 'old fences' in approximate location.

6 NX 661 678 Crae, Nether ---- Nether Crae

NX 657 685 Crae, Over -----now called Banks of Dee

7 NX 660 658 Cannick---- Kennick, in ruins on first OS map. Now under forestry.

8 NX 641 650 Lochmebrak ---- High Lochenbreck.

9 NX 624 642 Gropdale ----- Grobdale in Balmgahie (Grobdale of Girthon is 480 metres away)

10 NX 688 632 Bargatton, 19 merk land, containing:

11 NX ??? ??? Cagertoune. Lost, but in the vicinity of Bargatton

12 NX 674 641 Dinnane----- Dinnance

13 NX ??? ??? Collene. Lost, possibly near Collencoch/ Cullenoch

14 NX 667 650 Collenoch---- Cullenoch

15 Duchray, 10 pund land, now Hensol Estate, containing :

16 NX 700 686 Mains of Duchray----- Mains of Duchrae

17 NX 694 671 Craig------ Craig

18 NX 689 686 Drumglasse------ Drumglass

19 NX 683 697 Tornorroch --------- Tornorroch Wood, no surviving settlement.

20 NX 691 680 Ulock---- Ullioch

21 NX 688 639 Drumburch---------- Drumbreck

22 NX 681 663 Uroch ------ Urioch

23 NX 714 676 Levistone, 10 pund land, now Livingstone containing:

24 NX 723 658 ?? if Genoch. 1684 Armanoch. See below for details,Pont/ Blaeu show 'Arnganoch' in Balmaghie near Livingstone. KSCD have 'Erngenoch, Irongenoch, Arngenoch'. John Thomson 1821 has 'Farngainoch' next to Broomy Yard. First edition OS maps has Genoch close to Broom Holm, but later maps do not show Genoch.

25 NX 703 678 Finninsh----- Finniness

26 NX 691 648 Ballimake--- Bellymack

27 NX 682 653 or 685 646 Cultnespy----- Quintinespie, North and Quintinespie, South

28 Granoch --- Loch Grannoch now Woodhall Loch

31 NX 725 635 Bamagy, now Mains of Balmaghie, containing:

32 NX 725 620 Camduddell----- possibly Camp Douglas

33 NX 711 619 Glentow--------- Glentoo

34 NX 732 622 Grange--------- Threave Mains, was Threave Grange

also 

35 NX ??? ???Dam

36 NX 682 656 Polsack---- Pulsack Plantation, first OS map.

37 NX ??? ??? Breiry croft

38 NX ??? ??? Clahinplukmia. The village of Laurieston was originally called Clachanpluck. In Tongland parish there is a Pluckhim's Cairn NX 679 563

No. 24 Armanoch 1684.

It was part of the lands of Livingstone estate.

The earliest record I have found of a similar farm name in the same area is Ardannoch, 1 April 1527. It was a 22 shilling land and is mentioned along with the 16 shilling land of Fynnynische, now Finniness, which is No. 25, NX 703 678 on the 1684 list.

https://archive.org/details/registrumsecret00scotgoog/page/n588 entry number 3706.

It then appears again in 1588 as part of a court case when it was called Ardganoche and Genoch. Entry number 1472 plus footnote

https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi05scot/page/502

and entry number 1474 plus footnote

https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi05scot/page/504

and entry numbr 1523 plus footnote

https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi05scot/page/523

In 1591 it is Arngannoch. It is shown as Arngannoch on Blaeu's map, based on Timothy Pont's suvey work circa 1590. See entry 1849.

https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi05scot/page/624

In 1606 it was Arneganoch

https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi06scot/page/632

In the Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds 1623-1700 it is recorded as Arngenoch, Erngenoch and Irongennoch.

John Ainslie, 1797 has what looks like Erngainoch but on his 1821 map is more clearly Farnguinoch.

Ainslie 1821, NLS maps

In Balmaghie kirkyard there is a gravestone "William Palmer late in Ern-Genoch died 11 Feb 1837 aged 70".

The first Ordance Survey (six inch to the mile) map, surveyed 1848-51 has Genoch at NX 723 658 but it then disappears and is not shown on any later maps.

Genoch, first OS  six inch map, NLS