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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BARRMOOR COTTAGES Barr-moor Cottages
Bar-muir Cottages
Bar-muir Cottages
John Drefe
Rev [Reverend] Robert Simpson
George Osborne
006 Two cottages with gardens attached lately erected
they stand on the Eastern Boundary of
Barr Moor, from which they take name
Muir, not Moor, is the custom in
Scotland, therefore, Bar-muir Cottages is
the correct mode of this Name,
Authorities reconsulted - who approve of the
more modern spelling of Moor. -
BARR QUARRY Barr Quarry
Barr Quarry
Bar Quarry
Barr Quarry
John Drefe
Robert Williamson
Revd. [Reverend] R. Simpson
Angus Harper,
006 A good sandstone quarry on the Barr
farm,
The name is well known in the District,
TURNBULL BURN Quarry Burn
Quarry Burn
Quarry Burn
Turnbull Burn
Turnbull Burn
Turnbull Burn
John Drefe
Robert Williamson
Angus Harper
Mr. John Drife. Bar
Mr. William Blair Euchan Mill
Mr. Samuel McCall Ulzieside
006 A small stream having its source in
the Barr Quarry (hence the name Quarry Burn)
it flows in an Easterly direction and falls
into the Nith at Ladies Chamber -
Turnbull Burn is the old original name,
of which there are any records
The name applies, only, to part of the Stream
between Bar Quarry and the R. [River] Nith,

Continued entries/extra info

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Parish of Sanquhar -- Plan 6/14 Trace 4

[BARRMOOR COTTAGES - Situation:]
About 1½ mile
S,W, [South West] by W, [West] from
the Newtown of
Sanquhar. -

[BARR QUARRY - Situation:]
34 Chains N,N,E, [North North East]
of Barrmuir Cottages

[TURNBULL BURN - Situation:]
From Barr Quarry
E. [East] to River Nith,

[Page is signed:]
Samuel S Hill
Lce. Corpl [Lance Corporal] RS&M [Royal Sappers and Miners]

Transcriber's notes

Authority 'John Drefe' - his surname is variously spelt Dryfe and Drife in this and other pages.

BARRMOOR COTTAGES - the Name entry and the Various modes have been highlighted with regard to the decision between alternative spellings Muir and Moor, in favour of the latter.

BARR QUARRY - I have assumed the second 'ditto' applies to Barr Quarry and not the inserted entry.

TURNBULL BURN - the note regarding the old name and records does not make total sense.

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George Howat

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