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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LOFT SHAWS Loft Shaws
Loft Shaws
Loft Shaws
Loft Shaws
William Rogerson Esqr.
John Graham Esqr.
George Graham, Closs
Charles Stewart Esqr.
034 [Situation] N.W. [North West] of Peat Hill.
A hill feature of considerable altitude.
Formerly the banks of the Dryfe were covered with indigenous wood, - hence the apparent misapplication here in "Loft Shaws" - the high woods.

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Hutton & Corrie -- Sheet 34.3. Trace 4

Loft Shaws [note] Shaw, - Wood
Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Dicty. [Dictionary].
Shaw - A piece of ground
which becomes suddenly flat at
the bottom.

[Signed] John Jane
Sapper R.E. [Royal Engineers]

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