OS1/10/54/5
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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KING'S POOL | King's Pool King's Pool King Pool |
Thomas Hyslop Farmer George Armstrong Shep. [Shepherd] Bailliehill New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
035 | [Situation] Near the junction of White and Black Esks. A "Small eddy" where Tradition says a Pictish King of the name of Schaw was drowned, while endeavouring to escape from the pursuing Saxons, who had defeated him in battle. This Pool is a Short distance to the E. [East] of Where the two Esks meet, the Black and the White. I have given a copy of the above note so as to give you a more correct idea of what the natives of the place say on the subject. |
WELLS BURN | Wells Burn | See Name Sheet 35 No. 14 | ||
GRAHAM'S RIG | Graham's Rig | See Name Sheet 35 No. 14 | ||
MID HEIGHT | Mid Height | See Name Sheet 35 No. 14 | ||
AIRSWOOD HILL | Airswood Hill | See Name Sheet 35 No. 6 |
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[Page] 5Parish of Westerkirk -- Sheet 35 No. 10 Traces 3 & 4
Note to 'Parks Poems on the Vale of the Esk' Note 5, Stanza 15, Page 5
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