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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BASSIES' BRAE Bassies' Brae
Bassies' Brae
Bassies' Brae
Bassie- an old horse
Thomas Gibson, Howslack
William Grant, Moreland
William Nicholson, Bridgend
Dr. Jamieson's Dictionary
009 [Situation] 14 chains S.E. [South East] from Wee Hartfell.
A name given to a rising piece of ground in the immediate neighbourhood of Moreland.
SCHOOL [Moreland] School
School
School
Thomas Gibson
William Grant
William Nicholson
009 [Situation] 4 chains South of Moreland.
A small house occupied as a side school, the average number of scholars attending it are about 30 who are taught the ordinary branches taught in English in English schools, the schoolmaster is Mr. William Grant who only receives school fees.
MORELAND Moreland
Moreland
Moreland
Thomas Gibson William Grant William Nicholson 009 [Situation] 4 chains South from Wee Hartfell.
A farm house and outbuildings with gardens and lands attached, in good repair, the property of Robert Murray Esqr.

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Parish of Moffat Plan 9.15 Trace 4
[signed] Philip Munro Lce Corp R.E [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]

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