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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
POLMOODY BURN Polmoody Burn
Polmoody Burn
Polmoody Burn
Polmoody Burn
Polmoody Burn
Mr R Johnstone farmer Polmoody
John Broadfoot shepherd Birkhill
William Brown shepherd Birkhill
Blacks County Map
Valuation Roll of the County in 1667
004; 010 Rises near Firth- Hope Loch, and winds in a South Easterly direction till it joins Moffat water.

This name is of Celtic origin in the prefix Pol ie Poll, a mud-hole and the affix muddy, now written by custom Moody. Pollmuddy seems to be the correct orthography

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Polmoody Burn situation From 26 Chains South East of Rough Craigs North East to Moffat Water

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