OS1/10/41/20

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
PICKBONE WELL Pickbone Well
Pickbone Well
Pickbone Well
James Gibson
William Smith
James Cravens
056 [Situation] 1½ mile n. n. w. [north north west] of Mouswald village
A well of good Spring [water] on the Road from [Rockhall] to Bluntfield
AEFUR BRAE Aefur Brae
Aefur Brae
Aefur Brae
James Cravens
Robert Grierson
James Gibson
056 [Situation] 1¾ mile n. n. w. [north north west] of Mouswald village
An abrupt Slope on which Fir Wood is partly planted
The name has been [roied] from the land [has] been ploughed with [one] - row, or "ae fur in [consequence] of its steepness

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[Page] 20.
Parish of Mouswald -- Plan 56.2 Trace 3

[Signed] John Stoddart Lce.Corpl. R.S&m. [Lance Corporal Royal Sappers & Miners]

Transcriber's notes

[Entry Scored Out/Incomplete]: Herrington Holm

List of Names - Pickbone Well - written underneath is 'E margin'
Descriptive Remarks - Pickbone Well - 'water' is largely hidden by the page fold and 'Rockhall' is missing the last two letters

Descriptive Remarks - Aefur Brae - the page fold is obscuring words - best guesses added. Check 'roied'? would expect it to be 'taken' or 'derived'
Aefur Brae (OS1/10/10/70) is - 'A ridge of high land'

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