OS1/10/44/194
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
BARR BURN | Barr Burn Bar Burn Barr Burn |
John Drefe Rev [Reverend] Robert Simpson Angus Harper |
006; 012; 013 | A large stream having its source on the Barr Moor it flows in an Easterly direction through the Barr farm "hence the name" and falls into the Euchan Water |
PEAT RIG | Peat Rigg Peat Rigg Peat Rig |
John Drefe Robert Williamson Rev [Reverend] Robert Simpson |
006 | A long ridge or hill extending nearly from the Barr to Barrmoor Cottage |
SHIEL CLEUCH | Shiel Cleugh Shiel Cleugh Shiel Cleugh |
George Osborne Robert Williamson John Drefe |
006 | A hollow through which a small stream flows having its source on the Barr Moor, flows in an Easterly direction and which falls into the Barr Burn. The Cleugh |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page:] 194Parish of Sanquhar -- Plan 6/14 Trace 4
[PEAT RIG - a note on the name in List of Names column:]
"Rig' adopted on the
Plans at the Exami
nation office
[PEAT RIG - Situation:]
1¼ mile S.W. [South West] by
W. [West] from Newtown
of Sanquhar.
[SHIEL CLEUCH - Situation:]
About ¼ mile S.E. [South East]
of Barrmoor Cottages
[BARR BURN - Situation:]
From En. [Eastern] base of
Black Hill (4½ miles
S.W. [South West] by W. [West] from Sanquhar)
- N.E. [North East] to Euchan
Water. -
[Page is signed:]
Samuel S Hill
Lce. Corpl [Lance Corporal] RS&M [Royal Sappers and Miners]
Transcriber's notes
The Authority Name John Drefe's surname has varied spelling in this volume: Dryfe, Drife, Drefe.BARR BURN - I have assumed that the second ditto in Various modes applies to the original 'Barr Burn'.
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
George Howat
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