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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
WALL PATH	Wall Path Wall Path Wall Path Well Path Wall or Wold Path	Adam Lockart William Rae Robert Corrie George Wilson Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson	014	[Situation] In En. [Eastern] Parish district to the N.W. [North West] of Durisdeer Rigg. A deep Glen through which Kirk Burn flows, the name extends from Durrisdeer Village into Lanarkshire. The word path is applied in the same sense as the word Pass. The old road from Kirkudbright to Edinburgh passed through this glen and is supposed, by such writers as Dr. [Doctor] Simpson, to have been a Roman Road. It does not bear any resemblance to Roman Roads in general, it is very much curved and without any necessity for being otherwise than straight.
BLATHERING STRAND	Blathering Strand Blathering Strand Blathering Strand	Adam Lockart William Rae Robert Corrie	014	[Situation] In the Wall Path A small stream having its source in a spring, on the road side that leads through the Wall Path, & bears the name to Kirk Burn.
LAIRD'S KNOWE	Laird's Knowe Laird's Knowe Laird's Knowe	Adam Lockart George Wilson William Rae	014	[Situation] On the En. [Eastern] vicinity of Blattering Strand. A slight elevation in the road that leads through the Wall Path or Pass. A Contractor, who was a small Laird, failed in fulfilling his engagement of constructing the road at this point - hence the name Laird's Knowe

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Durisdeer Parish -- Plan 14.12 Trace No. 1

Wall Path [note] See note on page 99 respecting - Well -

[Signed] Owen Barrett

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