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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOGO (Parish) | Fogo (Parish) | Fullertons Gazetteer Scotland New Statistical Account of Berwickshire County Map |
016 ; 022 | Continued and legimitate form of the word Fogo – and means the foggage pit, den, or hollow. In the few places where the banks are abrupt are strata of till, mixed with clay or marl and superincumbent on petrifactions of Moss; and in the channel of the stream, which is in general Stony and gravelly, are occasional strata of bastard whinstone & limestone, which are easily quarried, and make excellent Cover for drains. At Chesters, near the South Western boundary, are faint yet decisive traces of a Roman Encampment. The Parish is intersected near its east end from North to South, by the Pack-road from Dunse to Coldstream, and from North to S. [South] West by that from Dunse to Kelso; and it has altogether about 16 Miles of public-roads within its limits. The Village or Hamlet of Fogo, stands on the Blackadder [continued page 4] |
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[Page] 3Parish of Fogo
[signed] W Beatty
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