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OS1/10/20/148

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848-1858
  4. Dumfriesshire volume 20
  5. OS1/10/20/148
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BITTLESTON HEIGHT Bittleston Height John Jardine Arkleton
John Stephenson Howe Gill
Mr. Thomson Briery Shaw		 036 [Situation] 1/2 mile South from Birren Rig.
A long Hill of considerable elevation on the Arkleton farm; the surface of which is rough pasture. There is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station on its highest point.
ARKLETON BURN Arkleton Burn John Jardine Arkleton
John Stephenson Howe Gill
Mr. Thomson Briery Shaw		 036 [Situation] From Sn. [Southern] base of Arkleton Hill West to Ewes Water.
A large stream which rises near Auldsheils Hill, it runs through a rough glen and falls into the Ewes Water.
BITTLESTON SIKE Bittleston Syke John Jardine Arkleton
John Stephenson Howe Gill
Mr. Thomson Briery Shaw		 036 [Situation] From Bittleston Height N.W. [North West] to Arkleton Burn.
A stream having it's source on the south side of Bittleston Height it flows through a rugged glen and falls into Arkleton Burn

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[Page] 148
Parish of Ewes -- Plan 36 -- [No.] 12 -- Trace 1

[Signed] Michael Henigan

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Dumfriesshire County, Ewes Parish

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