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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GLASGOW AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY Glasgow and South Western Railway William Beard
John Beard
William Jenkins
[situation] In the Sn. [Southern] division of Parish From W. to E. [West to East]
RIVER NITH River Nith William Beard
John Beard
William Jenkins
[situation] From Wn. [Western] Parish Boundary - E. [East] across the lower division of Parish
THE LOOPS The Loops William Jenkins
William Hyslop
James Hyslop
005 [situation] In River Nith from March Burn to Nn. [Northern] Parish Boundary.
This name is applied to a portion of the River Nith, which extends from the March Burn, to somewhere near New Cumnock , in Ayrshire, a distance of about three miles, The valley of Nith in this place is very flat and has but a slight descent Southward for several miles. the water in struggling to escape has formed a channel extremely serpentine and deep, the water is also black, and has the appearance of a deep Loch. So named from the many windings of the Stream
THE LOOPS The Loops William Jenkins
William Hyslop
James Hyslop
005 [situation] In River Nith from March Burn to W. [Western] Parish Boundary.
This name is applied to a portion of the River Nith, which extends from the March Burn, to somewhere near New Cumnock , in Ayrshire, a distance of about three miles, The valley of Nith in this place is very flat and has but a slight descent Southward for several miles. the water in struggling to escape has formed a channel extremely serpentine and deep, the water is also black, and has the appearance of a deep Loch. So named from the many windings of the Stream

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Parish of Kirkconnel Sheet 5.6 Trace 1

[signed] John Jane Pt R.S.&M. [Private Royal Sappers & Miners]

[notes at The Loops]
A descriptive term Synonymous with The Windings [signed] J Bayly Cap RE [Captain Royal Engineers]
(2nd Sense) Pl [Plural] Loops the Windings of a Stream Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson [Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary]

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Only The Loops was pre-entered on this page - it was actually scored out in the Place Entry, but was clearly meant to stand

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