OS1/10/40/99
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BLACKNEST LOCH | Laught Blacknest Loch Laught Blacknest Loch Laught Blacknest Loch Blacknest Loch Blacknest Loch Blacknest Loch Blacknest Loch |
William Maxwell Esqr. Mr. John Leach Revd. [Reverend] John Murray William Brydon James Hastings James McMillan James Milligan |
022; 031 | [Situation] Nearly 1 Mile W. [West (actually East)] of Thornhill, A small Artificial Lake Situated on the South East of Laught Blacknest Farm from which it takes its name Duke of Buccleuch proprietor. This place is well known as Blacknest Loch. |
LAUGHT MOOR | Laught Moor Laught Moor Laught Moor |
William Brydon James McMillan John Leach |
022; 031 | [Situation] 1 Mile E. [East] from Thornhill A large district of Cultivated land, formerly a Common, This name is taken from Lacht or Laght a heap of stones, and has same signification in Ireland as the Cairn in this Country. |
THE LAKE | The Lake The Lake The Lake |
Mr. Lorimer James Hastings John Leach |
022; 031 | [Situation] At Sn. [Southern] extremity of Whitemoss Loch in a S.S.E. [South South East] direction A Small stream issuing from White Moss Loch, bears the name to the Cample Water. |
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[Page] 99.Parish of Morton -- Plan 22-15 Trace 6
[Signed] Hugh Doherty Civil Assistant
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Blacknest Loch - Situation - W is a mistake, it is E on the maps!Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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