OS1/10/20/133

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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CRUMPTON HILL Crumpton Hill Adam Scott Shepherd Sorbie.
Michael Anderson Laborer Muckledale Haugh.		 036 [Situation] On the boundary between Westerkirk And Ewes.
Is applied to a large hill on the farm of Sorbie over which passes the parish boundary between "Westerkirk" And "Ewes". Its surface is covered with heath. And on its summit stands a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] station. The property of the Duke of Buccleuch.
Hope Head Adam Scott Shepherd Sorbie
Michael Anderson Laborer Muckledale Haugh
MID HILL Mid Hill
Mid Hill		 Mr. Glendinning Westerkirk
Thomas Jackson Westerkirk		 036 [Situation] On the boundary between Westerkirk And Ewes.
A hill on the farm of "Sorbie" on which stands a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] station Its surface is covered with heath and the parish boundary passes over its summit - the property of the Duke of Buccleuch.

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Parish of Ewes -- Sheet 36 -- No. 10 -- Trace 1

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[Signed] J Resuggan
Sapper R.E. [Royal Engineers]

Transcriber's notes

After a thorough search for "Hope Head" on maps of the area and having checked the Index at the end oof the volume, it should be noted that Hope Head does not appear on any map, nor in the Index at the end of the Volume. Kate51

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Dumfriesshire County, Ewes Parish

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