OS1/10/14/259
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MAR BURN | Mar Burn | John Kerr Robert Gracie James Henderson |
014; 022 | A stream of considerable size forming the boundary between this parish and Penpont. Flows in a south-eastern direction and falls into the Nith at Cartliebank Ford. |
POET'S CORNER | Poet's Corner | John Hunter Robert Gracie James Henderson |
022 | A row of cottages with gardens &c. attached so called from a reduced farmer who lived here having spent his time alternately in the company of Bachus and the Muses. |
RIVER NITH | River Nith | John Hunter William McCall John Kerr |
014; 022 | A large river flowing in a southern direction through the Parish |
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