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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CHAPEL POOL Chapel Pool
Chapel Pool
Robert Nicol Gardener Lymiecleuch
William Little Grocer Byreburnfoot
053 [Situation] In River Esk to the North of Broomy Holm.
A pool in the River Esk situated a little below Cat Clints
BYREBURNFOOT BRIDGE Byreburnfoot Bridge
Byreburnfoot Bridge
William Dochty Forester Byreburnfoot
William Little Grocer Byreburnfoot
053 [Situation] Over Byre Burn at its junction with River Esk,
A substantial and beautiful bridge of one arch situated a little above Byreburnfoot it is erected over Byre Burn on the Edinburgh and Carlisle road, and is upheld by the Road Trustees for Dumfriesshire.
RAMPY SIKE Rampy Syke
Rampy Syke
William Dochty Forester Byreburnfoot
William Little Grocer Byreburnfoot
053 [Situation] About 3 chains S.E. [South East] of Byreburnfoot Bridge.
A small stream rising about 4 chains east of Byreburnfoot Bridge, and flowing in a westerly direction falls into the River Esk.

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Parish of Canonbie -- Sheet 53 No 12 -- Trace 2

[Note Rampy Sike] -- Probably the diminutive of Ramp. violent -- Dr [Doctor] Jamieson's Scottish Dicty. [Dictionary]

[Signed] Thomas Ratcliffe
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