OS1/10/30/84

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LARGBRAE HEAD Larg Brae Head
Larg Brae Head
Larg Brae Head
Revd. [Reverend] R Simpson
John Thomson
John Irvine
002 [situation] 3/4 mile S. [South] from Shiel Hill.
A hill on the North side of Spoath Burn, on the Farm of Carco; it is on a ridge which altogether gets the name of Spoath Rig but there are several names on it which it always receives
SPOTHFORE BURN Spoath Fore Burn
Spoth Fore Burn
Spoth Fore Burn
Fore Burn
Revd. [Reverend] R Simpson
John Thomson
John Irvine
Johnstone's County Map
002; 006 [situation] From between Cocker Hill and Crow Knowes E [East] - to Crawick Water
A stream on the Farm of Carco it falls into Crawick water a short distance from Carco House an old established name. Spoth in this name is the custom in the District, and not Spoath.
MEIKLE HOWCON BURN Meikle Howcon Burn
Meikle Howcon Burn
Meikle Howcon Burn
Revd. [Reverend] R Simpson
John Thomson
John Irvine
002 [situation] 1/2 mile W. from Howcon.
A small tributary of Back Burn on the South side its source is cheifly the junction of Sheep drains but there is also a small spring
POLTARN BURN Poltarn Burn
Poltarn Burn
Poltarn Burn
Revd. [Reverend] R Simpson
John Thomson
John Irvine
002 [situation] At the SW [South West] of Largbrae Head.
A small tributary of Spoath Fore Burn on the North side it as [has] its source on the side of Spoath Rig or Larg Brae Head
Poltarn seems the correct orthography for this

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Parish of Kirkconnell Plan 2.15 Trace No. 4

[signed] Charles J Fearnside Pte. RS&Ms. [Private Royal Sappers & Miners]

Transcriber's notes

Another hand has edited Fearnside's renderings of the Various Modes of Spellings:-
Lorg Brae Head TO Larg Brae Head
Meikle Howken Burn TO Meikle Howcon Burn
Poltarran Burn TO Poltarn Burn

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