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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY | North British Railway North British Railway North British Railway |
Andrew Wilson Merchant., A. Deas Station Master Cockburnspath Revd [Reverend] Adam Spence Houndwood |
004 ; 005 | [Situation] Extending S.E [South East] & N.W. [North West] through the Plan, having Houndwood Green-wood and South Renton on its northside This name applies to a line of Railway 57½ miles long extending from Edinburgh to Berwick - via Musselburgh, Linton, Niddry, Dunbar [etc]. |
EYE WATER | Eye Water | Andrew Wilson Merchant Coldingham. David Purves, Houndwood Revd [Reverend] David Drummond Houndwood |
004.12 ; 004.16 ; 005.13 | [Situation] Running in a S.E. [South East] direction through the plan, having the North British Railway on its South Side This name applies to a small river flowing in an Easterly direction from its source in the Lammermuirs, to the village of Eyemouth - where it discharges itself into the German Ocean Note. This name is taken from the old Celtic Err, Ea or Ey. signifying water Vide. Chalmer's Caledonia Vol. [Volume] 1. P. [Page] 44 |
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