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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BUNKLE EDGE | Bunkle Edge Bunkle Edge Bunkle Edge |
[signed] Peter Moffat George Henderson Rev [Reverend] John Dunlop |
010 | A ridge of the Lammermoor hills in the Ph [Parish] of Bunkle it is more than 700 Feet above the level of the sea, but scarcely the half of that above its own base |
DOG BUSH | Dog Bush Dog Bush Dog Bush |
[signed] Peter Moffat George Henderson Rev [Reverend] John Dunlop |
010.07 ; 010.08 ; 010.11 ; 010.12 | A few old Trees on the summit of Bunkle Edge, It is said to have been planted as an experiment to see if the trees would grow, and it obtained the name in consequence of the shepherds assembling there, and their dogs frequently outnumbering them, ie [that is] the Shepherds The name "Dog Bush" is restricted to a few old Trees on the ridge of Bunkle edge Most of them now fallen. but it gives a name to the whole of this Plantation |
Continued entries/extra info
[page] 20 Ph. [Parish] BunkleSheet 10 -- 7 Trace 6 Collected by John Webster. Pte. RS&M [Private, Royal Sappers & Miners]
[Note Buncle Edge] -- Described on page 16
Transcriber's notes
The last part of the Description of Dog Bush has been added in red.Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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