OS1/10/50/19

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
WASHY BOG Washy Bog
Washy Bog
Washy Bog
Robert Falconer (Shepherd)
William Laidlaw (Shepherd)
John Edgar (Shepherd)
017 A small patch of soft rough land on Poldean Farm known only to Shepherds, left in, because conterminous with the Parish Boundary
WASHY BURN Washy Burn
Washy Burn
Washy Burn
Robert Falconer (Shepherd)
William Laidlaw (Shepherd)
John Edgar (Shepherd)
017 A small stream running through the above, it falls into Bell Craig Burn.
The term washy, not washie, signifies a wet watery place.

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19 Parish of Wamphray Plan 17.13 Trace 1
Washy Bog situation On the Northern Parish Boundary

Washy Burn situation In Washy Bog
Charles J Fearnside Sapper Royal Engineers

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