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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONGSTRUTHER BURN | Longstruther Burn | Mr James Hardy Penmanshiel The Revd. [Reverend] Mr Ingles Stockbridge Mr McGregor Parish Schoolmaster Cockburnspath |
004.08 | [Situation] Its Source is about 18 chains N.N.E. [North North East] from Moss Maw and about 37 E. [East] from Penmanshiel. It flows in a S.E [South East] direction till it crosses the parish Boundary A small stream having its source on the farm of "Penmanshiel" and, flowing in a south easterly direction emptying itself into the "Crawburn" on the farm of Harelawside Note - "The Meaning of Struther" Says Chalmers, "is indicated by its uniform application to marshes meadows and moist and Swampy places". The quotes authorities who give it as being a corruption of the Saxon Stour or Staer, a river, or water in general, See Chal. [Chalmers] Cal. [Caledonia] Vol. [Volume] 2. P. [Page] 389 It is not improbable that Struther might have its origin in the Gaelic word Struthan, Signifying a Stream or rivulet |
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