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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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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Parish of Coldingham Sheet 5 No 4 Trace 6Collected by c/a McCabe
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