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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTS | Bents Bents Bents |
Mr James Hardy Penmanshiel Mr McGregor. Schoolmaster Co'burnspath James Fairburn - Cove |
001.15 | [Situation] On the north of the parish of Cockburnspath at the mouths of Pease and cockburnspath Burns between Ewe Lairs on the West and Pealand's Banks on the East This name is applied to a small rough bay at the mouth of "Pease Burn" - Between the high and low water, threefourths of the bay is thickly covered with round blue boulders. "Bent". The coarse grass growing on the sea shore |
| OLD LINHEAD | Old Linhead Old Linhead Old Linhead |
Mr James Hardy. Penmanshiel Mr McGregor Schoolmaster Co'burnspath. James Fairburn Cove |
001.15 | [Situation] About fourteen chains S. [South] from Ewe Lairs and twenty E.S.E. [East South East] from Linhead Four small cottage dwellings. on the side of the old road leading south eastward along the coast, and occupied by hinds in the employment of Mr Weatherly Linhead, They are the property of Sir John Hall Bart. [Baronet] This house has received its name from the Waterfall which is near it. Lin is the Scottish name of a Waterfall |
| COCKBURNSPATH BURN | Cockburnspath Burn Cockburnspath Burn Cockburnspath Burn |
Mr James Hardy. Penmanshiel Mr McGregor Teacher. Co'burnspath James Fairburn Cove |
001.14 ; 001.15 | [Situation] Crossing the Railway from the West plan line and flowing in an easterly direction having Linhead and Old Linhead on its South Side and falling into the Sea at "Bents" |
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The description of Cockburnspath Burn has been pasted over with a continuation of the description for Old LinheadTranscribers who have contributed to this page.
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