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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
Glasgow and South Western Railway
Glasgow and South Western Railway
Revd. [Reverend] John Donaldson
William Hastings

John Laing
005; 006 [situation] Across Parish from W. to E. [West to East]
This line extends between Glasgow and Carlisle/
RIVER NITH River Nith

River Nith
River Nith
Revd. [Reverend] John Donaldson
William Hastings
John Laing
005; 006 [situation] Across the Sr. [Southern] division of the Parish from W. to E. [West to East]
A considerable river partly in Ayrshire, but by far the greater part in Dumfries-shire, Receives in its passage many Streams. It falls into the Solway Frith below Dumfries where its estuary forms the harbour of that Town.
Nith signifies the whirling or clear stream.
HAINSHALL BANK Hainshall Bank

Hainshall Bank
Hainshall Bank
Revd. [Reverend John Donaldson
William Wilson
John H[ews?]
005 [situation] 30 Chains E. [East] from Nether Glenmuckloch
A steep bank covered with oak trees, situated on the Glasgow and South Western Railway, and at the junction of the Lagrae Burn with the Nith.

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