OS1/10/50/21

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
PRIESTGILL HEAD Priestgill Head
Priestgill Head
Priestgill Head
William Laidlaw (Shepherd)
John Edgar (Shepherd)
Robert Falconer (Shepherd)
017 A very prominent Hill on the West side of Wamphray Water, it derives its name from the stream which forms is Southern base and named Priestgill.
WINTER GILL Winter Gill
Winter Gill
Winter Gill
William Johnstone (Shepherd)
William Laidlaw (Shepherd)
John Edgar (Shepherd)
017; 025 A small glen with a stream running through it on the West side of the rig which bears the name it falls into Wamphray Water.

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21 Parish of Wamphray Plan 17.13 Trace 3
Glengap Burn Glengap Burn Glengap Burn
William Laidlaw (Shepherd)
John Edgar (Shepherd)
Robert Falconer (Shepherd)
A small stream rising in the North West side of Priestgill Head, it falls into Wamphray Water.
Glengap Burn situation From between Glengap and Priestgill Head South to Wamphray Water.

Priestgill Head situation In the Northern Parish district

Winter Gill situation At the South East side of Wintergill Head.
Charles J Fearnside Sapper Royal Engineers

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