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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DRYBURGH Dryburgh
Dryburgh
Dryburgh
John Richardson Alexander Dodds
George Brown
030.15 A small hamlet in th south west corner of the parish. and in the vicinity of Dryburgh Abbey: it consists of about half dozen cottages one storey high and thatched - with small gardens attached. They are generally feus held of the Earl of Buchanan.
WALLACE'S STATUE Wallace's Statue
Wallace's Statue
Wallace's Statue
John Richardson.
Alexander Dodds. George Brown.
030.15 A colossal statue of Sir William Wallace, erected by the late David Stuart Erskine Earl of Buchan- The Statue, is 21 feet in height. and stands on a pedestal 10 ft. [Foot] high. An Urn stands immediately in front of the Statue, on which are cut the following lines viz.
Sacred to the memory of Wallace.
The peerless Knight of Ellerslie
Who wave'd on high Ayr's Romantic Shore
The Burning torch of Liberty.
And roaming round from sea to sea,
From glade obscure or gloomy rock, His bold compatriots called to free,
The Realm from Edward's iron Yoke.
It was erected in 1814.

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Parish of Merton
Sheet 30.15.2
Described by J McDiarmid c a [civilian assistant]

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