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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRNIE HILLS | Birnie Hills Birnie Hills Birnie Hills |
Mr George Chirnside, "Hoprig" Mr McGregor, Ph [Parish] Schoolmaster Mt George Crooks Postmaster Cockburnspath |
004.01 | [Situation] In the N.W. [North West] Side of the parish of Cockburnspath, having Berwick Burn on the W. [West] Black Dub Plantation on the S.W [South West] and Whinhouse plantation on the North East. Three large fields, of elevated ground, on the farm of "Hoprig", they are now under tillage, the property of Captn [Captain] Hunter, "Thurston" East Lothian - Note - There was a Gaelic word, Spelled Barnai, which Signfied a High Flat or Table Land. Although the term is now obsolete it might have [been] the original name of these hills. |
| BERWICK BURN | Berwick Burn Berwick Burn Berwick Burn |
Mr George Chirnside "Hoprig" Mr George Crooks Mr McGregor |
001.13 ; 004.01 | [Situation] Rises in Dod's Strip runs in a N.E. [North East] direction through the plan and forms a part of the N.W. [North West] Boundary of the Parish of Cockburnspath A small Stream which divides the counties of Haddington & Berwick Commencing at Dod Strip and retaining that name until it empties itself into Dunglass Burn, Note. Burn is one of the Gaelic names for water. The u [Sounds] like oo in Doom |
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