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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
(Dunse Branch)
North british
Railway
(Dunse Branch)
North British
Railway
(Dunse Branch)
Andrew Wilson


John Johnston


John Smith, Station
Master, Reston
011.01; 011.02 ; 011.03 ; 011.07 ; 011.08 A Branch line, belonging to the "North British Railway" having a double line of rails, and extends, from 'Reston' to Dunse, where it terminates.
WOOLLY KNOWE Woolly Knowe

Woolly Knowe
Woolly Knowe

Woolly Knowe
Andrew Wilson, Coldingham
John Johnston
Inspector of Poor, Coldingham
Peter Logan, Coldingham
011.02 Two old cottage houses, under one roof, having small gardens attached, They are the property of Mr Samuel Craig, "Berryhaugh," "Reston"
This is supposed, to have got the name, from sheep leaving their wool on the bushes, when the land was in an uncultivated state.

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Coldingham [Page] 15 [4 scored out]
Sheet 11-2 Trace 6 Collected by John McCabe

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In Descriptive remarks for Woolly Knowe the words "and", following "roof", & "It is, the", following "attached" have been scored out.

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