OS1/10/19/19

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848-1858
  4. Dumfriesshire volume 19
  5. OS1/10/19/19
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
HOPETOUN CRAIG Hopetoun Craig
Hopetoun Craig		 Matthew Little Shepherd Pengrain
John Little Shepherd Pockleaf		 017 [Situation] West of Stony Gair
A small hill covered with rough pasture and rocks. On the farm of Nether Cassock. There is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station on its highest point called Hoping Craig.
STONY GAIR Stony Gair
Stony Gair		 Matthew Little Shepherd Pengrain
John Little Shepherd Pockleaf		 017 [Situation] East of Hopetoun Craig
A steep brae on the east site of Hopetoun Craig, covered with small loose stones. On the farm of Nether Cassock.

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 19
Parish of Eskdalemuir
Sheet 17 No. 3. Trace 1

Stony Gair [note] - Gair. Is used to denote any
thing resembling a Stripe or
Streak, as a blue Gair in a clouded sky &c.
Jamieson's Dictionary.

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Dumfriesshire County, Eskdalemuir Parish

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Dumfriesshire, Sheet Xvii Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Dumfriesshire, Sheet Xvii