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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BILSDEAN BURN | Bilsdean Burn | George Affleck Bilsdean Thomas Cairns Bilsdean |
012 | A small stream having its rise on the farm of Cocklaw and flows in an easterly direction to its junction with the German Ocean the name to be wrote a little above Dunglass domain |
SCHOOL [Bilsdean] | School Pte. [Private] | George Affleck Bilsdean Thomas Cairns Bilsdean David Blackhall Bilsdean |
012 | A cottage one storey high and in good repair used at present as a school for male and female the average attendance is about 55 the usual branches are taught. The Master gets £5.0.0 every year from Sir J. Hall but has to pay School & house rent out of it Schoolmaster D. Blackhall. |
THE LINN | The Linn | George Affleck Bilsdean Thomas Cairns Bilsdean David Blackhall Bilsdean |
012 | A waterfall of about 16 Ft. [Feet] on the Bilsdean Burn situate little to the E. [East] of the School house. |
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[Page] 64List of Names collected by D. Mason 2nd Corpl. RS&M [Corporal Royal Sappers & Miners] -- Plan 12D Trace 3
Parish of Oldhamstocks
Received name -- Object
Bilsdean Burn - Stream
School (Pte.) [Private] - House
The Linn - Waterfall
[Signed] D. Mason
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