OS1/10/12/71

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
THRESHIE'S CLOSE Threshie's Close John H. Bell English Street,
Mr. McGowan Builder Dumfries
055 A dirty narrow irregular close leading from St. Michael Street to The Dock. The houses are of an inferior class one &. two Storeys high. The houses are principally let as lodging houses to women of degraded character. The property of Mrs. Threshie
DOCK WELL Dock Well John H. Bell English Street
Map of Dumfries & Maxwelltown 1819
055 A good Spring well Situated on the East side of the Dock
SWANS VENNEL Swans Vennel John H. Bell English Street 055 A short narrow lane leading from St. Michael Street to The Dock. It is well paved & clean
THE STANK The Stank Robert Kemp Esqr High Street Dumfries
William Wilson Town Office High Street Dumfries
055 This applies to a small portion of the River Nith where a part of the quay forms an angle & where coal boats are usually moored to unload their Cargoes. This name originally applied to a small drain in which a small stream flowed across the Dock from the Dock Well to the river. it is now applied by Sailors &. others to the part of the river above described near which the same stream issues from a covered drain in the Nith.

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Town of Dumfries -- 5 feet Scale -- Sheet No 6 --List of Names collected by C.A. [Civilian Assistant] James Carpenter -- May 1850 [Page] 71
Trace No. 8
[Parish] Dumfries
[Object]
Threshie's Close -- A close
Dock Well -- A well
Swans Vennel -- A lane
The Stank -- Part of the river
[Note Threshie's Close ] See Name List
of Plan B for this Name

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