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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
WEAVER'S POOL Weaver's Pool
Weaver's Pool
Weaver's Pool
J Purvis, Gamekeeper
J Jeffrey, Forrester
J Kerr, Earlston
026.10 A deep pool in the Leader Water a Short distance south of Carolside side & close to where, the Suspension bridge was The name originated thro [through] a person following the weaving trade, having been drowned in it, whilst bathing.
LEADER WATER Leader Water
Leader Water
Leader Water
ditto
ditto
Statistical Accounts of the County
Parish Assessment Rolls
Co maps, Johnstones etc.
026.10 A River or Water having its Source in the Lammer Moors & flowing Southerly, to the Tweed, into which it discharges itself close to Drygrange near Melrose It enters Earlston Parish a little to the north of Carolside [it] forms the parish boundary all the way to where it is --- to Merton Parish a Short [distance] South of Cowdenknowes.

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Earlston Ph. [Parish]
Sheet 26 No. 10 Trace 4
Described by A McKay

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