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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BELL HILL Bell Hill
Bell Hill
Bell Hill
History of Coldingham Priory p 244
Mr Alexander Heriot Northfield
Mr Andrew Wilson Coldingham
005.04 An arable hill south of St Abb's Kirk which has probably derived its name from a signal-bell having been placed on it in ancient times, either as a means of letting the inhabitants of the convent know when the drawbridge was in requisition, or of summoning the people in the neighbourhood to pray for the Soul of a departed Monk or Nun
Vide History of Coldingham Priory - P. 244
Property of H. Home Drummond. Blair Drummond. Fifeshire_
RAVEN'S BRAE Raven's Brae
Raven's Brae
Raven's Brae
Mr Alexander Heriot, Northfield
Mr Andrew Wilson Coldingham
Mr Robert Purvis Coldingham
005.04 An uncultivated Slope on the northeast Side of Bell Hill. It is Said to have derived its name from the numbers of Ravens that frequent it.

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