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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SHAWBRAES Shawbraes

Shawbraes


Shawbraes
Andrew Wilson,
Coldingham
Thomas Anderson Esq.
Owner
John Johnston Coldingham
011.02 A neat and good house, two stories high, and slated, with [a] small garden, & suitable offices, attached. It is, the property, and residence of Thomas Anderson Esq.
Shaw in the Scottish dialect signifies a "wood" or a "flat piece of ground covered with short scraggy birches".
Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary.
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY North British Railway
North British Railway
Andrew Wilson

Thomas Anderson Esq.
John Johnston Coldingham
011.01; 011.02 ; 011.03 ; 011.07 ; 011.08 A Railway, having a double line of rails, and extending from "Berwick" to Edinburgh
There are several deep cuttings and high embankments in its course. (P. [Page] 4)

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