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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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DOGBUSH PLANTATION | Dogbush Wood Dogbush Wood Dogbush Wood |
[signed] Thomas Allan Black House William Dunlop, Mayfield James Hardy, Penmanshiel |
010.07 ; 010.08 ; 010.11 | A large mixed wood situated between Drakemire and the farm of Marygold -- It derives its name from its having consisted of thirteen larch trees which were planted ninety years ago as an experiment and also from the fact of the dogs outnumbering the Shepherds that lived there at one time |
DRAKEMIRE | Drakemire Drakemire Drakemire |
[signed] Thomas Allan William Dunlop Mayfield James Hardy, Penmanshiel |
004 ; 010 | An extensive tract of Moorland lying adjacent to Buncle Edge --- It appears to have been a large Marsh and is supposed to have taken its name from the large number of wild ducks that frequented it |
Continued entries/extra info
[page] 21 Ph. [Parish] BuncleSheet 10 No 8 Traces 1. 1. 3 and 4 Collected by James Hannan c.a [Civilian Assistant]
Notes in red below Dog Bush Wood: See page 32 "Dog Bush" is restricted to the old trees. "Dogbush Plantation" is the name of the whole Plantation ----
Note in pencil below Drakemire: Dercribed in pages 11 & 14 & 19
Transcriber's notes
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