OS1/10/5/15

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848-1858
  4. Dumfriesshire volume 05
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
RIVER NITH River Nith
River Nith
River Nith		 Revd. [Reverend ] Joseph Lorraine
Robert Ward
Robert Rawline		 055; 060 [Situation] Tracing and forming Nn. [Northern] Parish Boundary.
A considerable River which rises in Ayrshire turns in a southerly direction to its Conflux with the sea at Solway-frith from which it is navigable back as far as the Town of Dumfries for Sailing Vessels in trade of from 50 to 60 tons burden during the spring Tides._

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Parish of Caerlaverock
Plan 60-4 Trace 1

[Signed]
Hugh Doherty
Civil Assistant

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DANIALSAN, EBDAVIDSON

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Caerlaverock Parish, Dumfriesshire County

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Dumfriesshire, Sheet Lv Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Dumfriesshire, Sheet Lv
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Dumfriesshire, Sheet Lx Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Dumfriesshire, Sheet Lx