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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY North British Railway
North British Railway

North British Railway
Andrew Wilson Merchant.,
A. Deas Station Master
Cockburnspath
Revd [Reverend] Adam Spence
Houndwood
004 ; 005 [Situation] Extending S.E [South East] & N.W. [North West] through the Plan, having Houndwood Green-wood and South Renton on its northside This name applies to a line of Railway 57½ miles long extending from Edinburgh to Berwick - via Musselburgh, Linton, Niddry, Dunbar [etc].
EYE WATER Eye Water Andrew Wilson Merchant
Coldingham.
David Purves, Houndwood
Revd [Reverend] David Drummond Houndwood
004.12 ; 004.16 ; 005.13 [Situation] Running in a S.E. [South East] direction through the plan, having the North British Railway on its South Side This name applies to a small river flowing in an Easterly direction from its source in the Lammermuirs, to the village of Eyemouth - where it discharges itself into the German Ocean
Note. This name is taken from the old Celtic Err, Ea or Ey. signifying water
Vide. Chalmer's Caledonia Vol. [Volume] 1. P. [Page] 44

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