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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
REDHALL MOSS Redhall Moss,
Redhall Moss,
Redhall Moss, Redhall Flow
James Wells, Robert Douglas, James Proudfoot, James Bell 042 [Situation] At N.W. [North West] extremity of Lochmaben Parish 3 Miles North from Lochmaben
A peat-moss so called in the district. Divisionally, the property of two Proprietors.
HELLSHOLE MOSS Hellshole Moss
Hellshole Moss
Hellshole Moss
Hellshole Flow
Hillshole Moss (in Johnstone Parish)
James Wells,
Robert Douglas James Proudfoot James Walker Johnston's County Map
042 A peat-moss so called. This may have got its name from being a place dreaded as haunted by Ghosts, Bogles, Hobgoblins, Dwarfs & fairy elfs and so forth.
Hell's hole moss is the correct name.
CORNCOCKLE PLANTATION Corncockle Plantation,
Corncockle Plantation, Corncockle Plantation
James Wells
Robert Douglas James Proudfoot
042 [Situation] From 2 1/2 to 3 Miles N.N.E. [North north East] of Lochmaben
A thick and Close fir Plantation now occupying the whole of that formerly called Corncockle Moor property of Sir William Jardine of Jardine Hall

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