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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CAIRN T.P. [Turn Pike] Cairn Toll
Cairn Toll
Cairn Toll
James Fergusson Cairn
William McMurdo Blackwood
Robert Dickson Blackwood
040 [Situation] 50 chains N.W, by N, [North West by North] from Auldgirth Bridge Inn
A Toll erected as a check for parties going the old road leading from Blackwood Village to Closeburn Limekilns
CAIRN SCHOOL Cairn School
Cairn School
Cairn School
James Fergusson
William McMurdo
Robert Dickson
040 [Situation] 48 chains N.W, by N, [North West by North] from Auldgirth Bridge Inn.
A neat little school erected for the Convenience of the southern part of the Parish of Closeburn. the salary is 13L [Pounds] Per annum. The average attendance of scholars is about 55
Supported by voluntary contribution from heritors and Wallace bequest.
CLAUCHRIE BURN Clauchrie Burn
Clauchrie Burn
Clauchrie Burn
Clachrie
Clauchrie
James Fergusson
William McMurdo
Robert Dickson
Johnston's County Map
Valuation Rolls
031; 032; 040 [Situation] From Gawin Moor, nearly 3/4 mile S [South] of Loch Ettrick - S.W. [South West] to River Nith,
A stream flowing from Loch-ettrick And bearing the name of Pothouse Burn until it reaches Clauchrie where it is called Clauchrie Burn untill it falls into Nith

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Parish of Closeburn -- Plan 40-8 -- Trace 1

[signed] John Houston

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