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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALDRIDGEBURN STREET | Baldridgeburn Street Baldridgeburn Street Baldridgeburn Street Baldridge-burn Baldridge |
Alex Kilgour (Town ClerK) Erskine Beveridge (Provost) Rev [Reverend] P. Chalmers Valn [Valuation] Roll 1848 Map of Town 1823 |
035 | [Situation] About 7 chains N: [North] of Golfdrum Street. and nearly paralel to it. This Street extends from Harrie Brae Mill to Rumblingwell Toll Bar. The houses are chiefly occupied by [Damask] Weavers (hand loom). The name [Baldridgeburn], formerly, was applied to a [district] but as there is now a Street, the [authorities] recommend that the name should [appear] as Baldridgeburn Street, to [distinguish] the place from a stream [called] Baldridge Burn. |
| BALDRIDGE BURN | Baldridge Burn Baldridge Burn Baldridge Burn Baldridge Burn Baldridge Burn |
Alex Kilgour ErsKine Beveridge (Provost) Mr Barns, Rosebank Mains Mr Grier (Manager Elgin Colliery) Elgin Colliery Map |
[Situation] Runs in an Easterly direction to Tower Burn A small stream gathering on the farm of [West] Baldridge and flowing in a westerly direction to Nether RosebanK, thence through Elgin [Colliery] to Rumbling well in a south easterly from here it winds its way easterly to Harrie Brae Mill where it loses the name for that of Tower Burn. |
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Moira L- Moderator, Jill S
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