Cross Keys Inn
Introduction
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Cross Keys Inn
Image: © Kenneth Mallard Taken: 24 May 2010
The Cross Keys Inn, 1 Montgomery Street and cottage http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1821585 in Montgomery Square were recorded as being tacked to Robert Montgomerie in June 1773. John Arneil (1790-1868) owned the Cross Keys for many years and operated a receiving house from which letters from Glasgow arrived every evening and were despatched every morning. The armorial arms panel http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2876629 from the fourteenth century Polnoon Castle http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1480519 sits above the entrance to the Inn. The two-storey house on the far right of the photograph stands on the site of the Royal Oak Inn. Alexander Johnston had a butcher shop on the ground floor of the house in the 20th century. Links to other hotels http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484257 and inns http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2012069 .
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Image Location
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55.739134
Longitude
-4.274153