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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
Mr. John Smith
Station Master
Reston
Mr James Greenfield
Reston
Mr Thomas Fair
Reston
011.01; 011.02 ; 011.03 ; 011.07 ; 011.08 A well constructed line of Railway between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh. It runs parallel to [the] coast, and has a large share of traffic
DREICH PLANTATION Dreich Plantation


Dreich Plantation



Dreich Plantation
George Henderson, Surgeon Chirnside
Mr Alexander Braidford
Land Steward
Horsely
Mr William Cowe
Warlaw Bank
011.01 A small stripe of Fir wood sloping [towards]
the Eye Water. It is derived from Dragh [--]
signifying trouble, vexation, or from [Dreach] shape, aspect, appearance. The name is so [called] from the steep nature of the ground which, to a [person] ascending it, is apt to become troublesome.
Dreich is a Scottish word signifying Tediousness or weariness also Stunted or dwarfish. Probably the latter signification applies to this plantation. Jamieson's Dictionary.

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[Page] 4 Parish of Coldingham
Sheet 11 No. 1 Trace 3 Collected by Michael Cottrele Pte. [Private] RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners]]

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Words/part words, missing in fold, have been surmised from sense of sentence and shown in [ ] or [--] where indecipherable.
In Descriptive remarks for North British Railway [par] has been scored out.
In Descriptive remarks for Dreich Plantation the Gaelic word "Dreach" has been gleaned from an on-line dictionary from the meaning of "appearance" and [Cause reaction to] has been scored out to be replaced by "become troublesome" - J.Cosgrove is presumed to be the signature of the person (Examiner) who made the alteration and addition to the text.

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