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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LITTLE GLENDORCH BURN Little Glendark Burn
Little Glendark Burn
Little Glendark Burn
Little Glendorch Burn
Walter Anderson
John Stewart
John Mitchell
Rev. [Reverend] Robert Simpson
003 [Situation] From near the base of Snarhead Hill on En. [Eastern] Parish Boundary W. [West] to Wanlock Water
A small Stream which rises near Snar Head and falls into Wanlock Water.
GLENDORCH BURN Glendark Burn
Glendark Burn
Glendark Burn
Glendorch Burn
Glendorch
Walter Anderson
John Stewart
John Mitchell
Rev. [Reverend] Robert Simpson
Statistics of Crawford
003; 006; 007 [Situation] From near En. [Eastern] Parish Boundary at a point 6 miles from Sanquhar Village - N. W. [North West] to Wanlock Water. -
A small Rivulet having its source at Sowan [Sowen] Dod, and falls into Wan[lock] Water. It is said it derives its name from the [] appearance of the Glen which it runs []
""dorch" is the Celtic of dark"
The name is derived from a district in the adjoining Parish of Crawford in Lanarkshire calle[d] Glendorch - The Name is well established being [that of] a great Mining district.

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Parish of Sanquhar -- Plan 3.13 Trace 6

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Philip Munro
Pte. [Private] R.S.&M. [Royal Sappers and Miners]

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