OS1/5/27/69
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOUL BURN | Foul Burn Foul Burn Foul Burn |
Walter Stobie Thomas Brown John Moffat |
015.08 ; 015.12 ; 015.16 | A tolerably sized Burn which takes its rise in Soft Marshy ground in Blackrig farm & flows into the Blackadder. This is called "Foul Burn" from the dirty state of its sides and the Color of its water - It is called by different names as it passes through different localities before it enters the Blackadder. |
| FOULBURN BRIDGE | Foulburn Bridge | Walter Stobie Thomas Brown John Moffat |
015.16 | A small stone Bridge of one Arch over Foul Burn on the road from Dunse to Westruther. -- before this Bridge was built. Carts. horses & people Crossed at a Ford & little below the present Bridge - Called Foul Ford from its dirty State - this gave the name to both Burn & Bridge -- It is a County Bridge ---- |
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[page] 69Langton Parish -- Sheet 15.16. -- Trace 3
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