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No. IX.— To be called SPRING-GARDEN PARISH, and to com-
prehend that part of the quoad civilia West Parish within the following
line, viz. : — Beginning at the centre of George Street opposite to Gerard
Street, along George Street southward to John Street, along John Street
and Innes Street eastward to Gallowgate, along Gallowgate northward to
Gerard Street, and along Gerard Street westward to George Street, the
point of commencement ; which Spring-Garden Parish shall also compre-
hend the Stances or Areas whereon the Church and Session- House, called
the Gaelic Church and Session-House, stand, and also the Gaelic Church
and Session-House themselves, though not locally situated within the line
described.
No. X.— To be called the PARISH of GILCOMSTON, and to consist
of the district comprehended within the following line, viz. : — Beginning at
the centre of Alford Place, opposite the new road from Alford Place to
Westfield, along that road to the Channel of the Burn on the South side of
the Road from Westfield, along the Channel of the Burn eastward to the
March between the Parish of Old Machar and the Parish of St. Nicholas,
along that March to the Bridge over the Denburn at the east end of Skene
Street, along Skene Street "to Skene Terrace, along Skene Terrace to Silver
Street, along Silver Street through the centre of Golden Square to Union
Street, along Union Street, Union Place, and Alford Place, to the point of
commencement opposite the new road from Alford Place to Westfield.
No. XI.— To be called BON-ACCORD PARISH, and to consist of the
district comprehended within the following line, viz. : — Beginning at the
Bridge over the Denburn at the east end of Skene Street, along Skene Street
to Skene Terrace, along Skene Terrace to Silver Street, along Silver Street,
and through the centre of Golden Square to Union Street, along Union
Street to Bon-Accord Street, along Bon-Accord Street and from the termi-
nation thereof in a straight line to the Ferryhill Burn, along that Burn
southward to Dee Village, along the road which bounds that village on the
West and South to the nearest point of the River Dee, along the Brink of
the River eastward to the Denburn, and thence along the Denburn to the
Bridge at the east end of Skene Street, the point of commencement.
No. XII.— To be called WOODS1DE PARISH, and to consist of the
district comprehended within the following line, viz. : — Beginning at Kitty-
brewster Toll, thence along the Roads which separate Ashgrove and Corn-
hill from Hilton and Cairncry to the Woodhill Road, along the Woodhill
Road northward and westward to the boundary of the Parish of Newhills,
along that boundary northward to the River Don, crossing the Don, taking
in the Lands of Persley and that part of the Lands of Grandholm at present
belonging to Mr Hadden, westward and eastward to the extremity thereof,
crossing the River again at the southern termination of the boundary road
between Mr Hadden's Grounds and the Property of the Cruive Proprietors,
thence in a direct line southward to the Boat-house on the Canal, and along
the Canal Bank to Kittybrewster Toll, the point of commencement.
It is understood that the middles of the several Streets and Roads, along
hich the Lines are described as extending, are to be held and considered as
the course of these Lines respectively, in so far as not otherwise set down or
sed.
1837—38