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Butters Chapel, a hamlet and a quoad sacra parish in Ballantrae parish, Ayrshire. The hamlet lies in Glenapp, 6½ miles S of Ballantrae village, and has a post office of Glenapp under Girvan. The quoad sacra parish, called Glenapp, was constituted in 1874, and is in the presbytery of Stranraer and synod of Galloway. Stipend, £155, with a manse. The church was originally a chapel of ease, and was built at a cost of about £500. A public school, Glenapp, with accommodation for 42 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 18, and a grant of £28,17s.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a quoad sacra parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Ayrshire ScoCnty |
Place: | Glenapp |
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