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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LOW BELLS SHIEL Low Bells Shiel.
Low Bells Shiel.
Low Bells Shiel.
Thomas Fender.
John Piercy.
William Renton.
018.10 A small square built house by the side of the Tweed. It was once used as a Fshing station by the Berwick Salmon Company. The Fishery is at present carried on the opposite side of the river with good success.
THE ORET The Oret
The Oret
The Oret
Thomas Fender
John Piercy
William Renton
018.10 A marshy channel formed by the River Tweed, during heavy rain when it is flooded. The signification of this name cannot be ascertained - This was formerly the old course of the Tweed.

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[Page] 74 Liberties of Berwick
Sheet 18.10 Trace 5 Collected by John Webster Pte. RS&M [Private Royal Sappers & Miners]

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A third entry on this page, for Low Bells Butt, is crossed out, with the explanation "Cancelled as it is in Northumberland".

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DANIALSAN, Alan White

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