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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTS' DIKE | Scots Dyke Scots Dyke Scots Dike |
Mr John Murray Glenzierfoot Mr William Brown Crowseknowe See Note etc. |
059 | [Situation] On the Sn. [Southern] Parish Boundary. An old bank extending from Crowsknowe to Scots Dyke T.P. [Turn Pike] It forms the boundary between England and Scotland |
| SCOTSDIKE PLANTATION | ScotsDyke Plantation ScotsDyke Plantation Scots' Dike Scotch Dike |
Mr John Murray Glenzierfoot Mr William Brown Crowsknowe New Statl. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Canonbie New Statl. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Canonbie |
059 | [Situation] On the Sn. [Southern] Parish Boundary. A long stripe of mixed wood extending from Crowsknowe to Scots Dyke T.P. [Turn Pike] The property of the Duke of Buccleuch |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 232Parish of Canonbie -- Sheet 59 No 6 -- Trace 3
[Note Scots' Dike] -- See Page 2.
[Note Scotsdike Plantation] -- (one word)
[Note] -- Dyke though a common mode of spelling adopted by
Statistical and other authorities and established in many
districts of Scotland is not however recognised either Jamieson
Brockett or English lexicographers. But Jamieson gives Fail - Dyke a
wall of turf. Dike from Danish DIKE is probably the most correct
spelling as applied to this antiquity, but probably Dyke from German
DYCK may with propriety be applied to modern fences etc. Vide Names of
several farms in Dumfriesshire when dyke is the established mode
of spelling
Dike - Dyk, a wall - a ditch, -- Dr [Doctor] Jamieson's Sc. Dicty. [Scottish Dictionary]
Dike, a hedge, or fence, that
which is digged. -- Brockett's Glossary of North Country words.
[Signed] James Harper Ca [Civilian assistant]
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