OS1/10/39/77

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  3. Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848-1858
  4. Dumfriesshire volume 39
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
EARLSIDE BOG Earlside Bog
Earlside Bog
Earlside Bog		 David Thomson Mosshope
Robert Anderson Brattleburn
James Elliot Rivox		 [Situation] At the Wn [Western] extremity of this Parish.
A name given to a narrow marshy piece of ground on the farm of Mosshope,
It is a level patch of heathy pasture, wet and ferny, hence the name "bog" which in this case does not mean a place where peats are dug. The name is well known , And being at the Boundary it was considered of interest to insert it.

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