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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLMUCK | Polmuck Polmuck Polmuck Powmuck |
Rev. [Reverend] Robert Simpson Walter Chisholm James Dalziel Popular pronunciation, |
007 | [Situation] From Auchensow Hill - N.N.E. [North North East] to to Glenimshaw Burn A small Stream which rises on Auchensow hill and falls into Glenimshaw Burn, derivation of Pol. a Stream, muc, a sow or, Swine. |
| BRECKAGH BURN | Breckaw Burn Breckaw Burn Breckaw Burn Breckaw Burn Breckagh Burn |
Rev [Reverend] Robert Simpson Walter Chisholm Estate Map Popular pronunciation William Hislop, Durisdeer.- |
007; 014 | [Situation] From Dalpedder Hill (at the S En. [South Eastern] extremity of Parish) N. [North] to Glenimshaw Burn A small stream having it source on the lands of Auchensow and falls into Glenimshaw Burn. |
| YELL HILL | Yell Hill Yell Hill Yell Hill Yell Hill |
Walter Chisholm Robert Carruthers Estate Map Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson, |
007; 014 | [Situation] About 3¾ S.E.E. [South East East] from Sanquhar.- A Considerable hill on the lands of Glenim [Glenimshaw.] the name has been established from time immemorial. |
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[Page:] 243,Parish of Sanquhar -- Plan 7.13 Trace 5
[Note] Pol in the Scottish Speech is pronounced & written Pow. Pou.
Meaning Slow Moving Water,
[Note] Breck, Speckled. Aw, a Stream, Enquired, if it should be
Named Breckon Burn informed not.
[Note] The signification is the trouting Stream or
the Stream Abounding in trouts - Breckagh
seems to be the correct orthography.-
[Signed]
Philip Munro
Priv [Private] R.S.&M. [Royal Sappers and Miners]
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Chr1smac -Moderator, George Howat
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