OS1/10/37/33

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  3. Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848-1858
  4. Dumfriesshire volume 37
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BIRNY HILL Birney Hill
Birney Hill
Birney Hill		 John Patterson Kirtlehead
William Glendinning Winter hopehead
John Dickson Winterhopehead		 044 [Situation] In Nn[Northern] Parish District, nearly 6 1/2 miles N.E. by N. [North East by North] from Middlebie -
A portion of high lying land on the Farm of Winterhopehead.
The name has reference to the stunted pasturage of this Hill. -

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Parish of Middlebie -- Plan 44.16 Trace 1 -- [Page] 33

Birny - Having a rough or stunted stem- Dr [Doctor] Jamieson

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Dumfriesshire County, Middlebie Parish

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Dumfriesshire, Sheet Xliv Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Dumfriesshire, Sheet Xliv
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Roxburghshire, Sheet Xliv Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Roxburghshire, Sheet Xliv