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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BENNAN PLANTATION Bennan Plantation Mr John Lauder
Mr R. Paterson
Mr Houston
040 [Situation] About 1¼ Mile S.E. [South East] of Dunscore Village.
A small fir plantation trees about 50 years growth.
CORSEFIELD Corsefield Mr John Lauder
Mr James Edagr
Mr William Moffat
040 [Situation] About 1¼ Mile S.E. [South East] of Dunscore Village.
A dwellinghouse & garden with barns and other farm offices & a farm of land attached.
MAGGIE'S CLEUGH Maggy's Cleuch Mr John Lauder
Mr James Edgar
Mr Robert Paterson
040 [Situation] About 1½ Mile S.E. [South East] of Dunscore Village]
A wooded glen at the boundary of the parishes of Dunscore & Holywood which receives this name in consequence of a suicide called Maggy Edgar being buried in it.
GLENGABER BURN Glengaber Burn


Glengaber Burn
Glengabber
Dr. [Doctor] Reid
Mr Armstrong
Mr Hiddlestones
Oliver & Boyds Almanac
Gazetteer of Scotland
040; 048 [Situation] About 1½ Miles S.E. [South East] of Dunscore Village.
A stream formed by the confluence of the rivulets at the bottom of Maggy's Cleugh It receives this name down to the farm of Rue in plan 48/8 From gabhar a goat - pronounced soft.

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Plan 40/15 Traces 5 & 6

Maggie - abbreviation for Margaret Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson

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