OS1/5/5/38
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
BILLY MAINS | Billy Mains Billy Mains Billy Mains Billy |
R Laurie John Edgely Chirnside Thomas Dickson Chirnside Chalmers Caledonia |
011.10 | A well built farm house with suitable offices and a large arable farm attached. It takes its name from the estate of Billy is the property of Mr David Milne Home of Wedderburn and tenanted by Mr John Allan |
DRADEN BURN | Draden Burn Draden Burn Draden Burn |
R Laurie William Poole I.R. Offr [Inland Revenue Officer] John Edgely Chirnside |
011.09 ; 011.10 | A small stream running through the Farm of Billy Mains No information can be gathered as to what it takes its name from. |
BILLYMIRE BURN | Billymire Burn Billy |
David Cockburn John White Causewaybank Alexander White Causewaybank Chalmers Caledonia |
011.10 | Formerly the low grounds through which this burn flows was quite swampy and called called Billy Mire - but a deep artificial cut having been made through it the land on either side has become quite dry. This cut is called Billymire Burn. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 38 Bruncle ParishSheet 11 No 10 Traces 4 and 5 Collected by James Harman Civil Assistant
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Nora Edwards, CharlesJaffrey
Location information for this page.
There are no linked mapsheets.