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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
POLVEOCH BURN Polveoch William Farquher
Alexander Stewart
William Ritchie
Rev. [Reverend] Doctor Simpson
006 [situation] From the Confluence of a small rill with Grain Burn S.W. [South West] to River Nith.
Applied to a Stream running through a thickly Wooded gl [glen] Retaining the name from where the Grain Burn, Joins, it It Crosses the Road leading from Sanquhar to Kirkconnell Village about ¼ of a mile from the latter, and Joins the Nith.
POLVEOCH BRIDGE Polveoch Bridge William Farquher
Alexander Stewart
William Ritchie
Rev. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson
006 [situation] Over Polveoch Burn
A small Stone Bridge With one arch crossing Polveoch Burn and about ¼ of a mile from Kirkconnell Village.
EASTSIDE OF GUFFOCKLAND Eastside of Guffockland William Farquher
Alexander Stewart
William Ritchie
Rev. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson
006 [situation] 30 Chains East of Kirkconnel
A large farm house One Story high Slated and in good, Repair, Out offices are partly Slated and partly thatched and in good Repair, with garden attached.

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Ph [Parish] of Kirkconnell Plan 6.5 Trace 4

[signed] P Connell P.R,S.&M [Private Royal Sappers & Miners]

[note at Polveoch] Poll - A Pool
Fivodh - [sic] A Wood McLeod's Gaelic Dictionary

Polveoch does not imply of itself a running stream, the prefix having reference to the original source. The meaning is descriptive The Pool in the Wood
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