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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
WHITEADDER WATER	Whiteadder Water	James Aitchison. Abbey St. Bathans Peter Donaldson. Elmford Revd. [Reverend] Thomas Davison. Abbey St. Bathans	017.08 ; 018.05	A river or as it is termed "Water" which takes its rise in the [Lammermoor] hills, in Haddington Shire, at a [place] called White Well. & flowing in [an easterly] direction empties itself into the [Tweed] a little S.W.[South West]. of Berwick upon [Tweed]. This river or Water, rises in one [of the] wildest districts in the south of [--] and in its Course passes through [varied] scenery - sometimes through Haughs but generally the Lammermoors- through places where the hills [--] in - so as to narrow the valley to the bed of the [river]. At Preston Mill Haugh, the river escapes from [the] wild, rocky, mountainous country, entering the [wide] valley in which the Tweed runs. The richest fields [--] the barren waste; woodlands, orchards & highly cultivated grounds bespeak wealth & comfort. The river itself partakes of the character of [--] Country - running in gentle streams, over pebbly beds, alternating with long Reaches of still Water

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[Page] 26 Parish of Foulden
Described by N. Beatty

[Signed] R. Burnaby Cap. R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers] 16 Novr. [November] 1856

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