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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ELDBOTLE WOOD Elbottle Wood
Elbottle Wood
Eldbotel Wood
Forrests & Johnstons Co. [County] map
Mr Palmer
Chambers's Gazeteer
001 [Stiuation] About 1 Mile N. by E. [North by East] from Collegehead

A large Wood consisting chiefly of fir trees, on the estate of Archerfield and situated near a small eminence called Elbottle or Ellbattle from the Wood derived the name,
WHITE KNOWE White Knowe
White Knowe
George Hunter
Robert Pringle
001 [Situation] About 1¼ Mile N.N.E. [North North East] from Collegehead

A small sandy Knowe overgrown with bents on North Links. It is named very well owing the white appearance of the bents,

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Parish of Dirleton

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35 - Eldbottle Wood

[Note] -- See preceding page for
orthography of the word Eldbottle

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