OS1/13/127/46

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CAIRNEYHILL Cairneyhill
Cairneyhill
Cairneyhill
Cairneyhill
Cairnyhill
Cairniehill
Cairniehill
Rev[eren]d John Moore
Post Master
Mr Watt
New Stat[istical] Acc[oun]t
Old Stat[istical] Acc[oun]t
Johnstons Co[unty] Map
Map of Turnpike Roads
034 A long dirty Village 3 miles West
of Dunfermline, almost entirely
inhabited by handloom weavers, who
weave cotton Damask Table Covers.
Most of the householders have
excellent plots of land to their
houses, which they hold on Feu
under Sir A.P. Halkett.
The population is between
five & six hundred.
THE WALK BRIDGE The Walk Bridge Mr Ja[me]s Watt
Tho[ma]s Hodge
W[illia]m Duncanson
034 A small ^county^ Bridge over a stream
which crosses the Cairneyhill to
Carnock Road ab[ou]t 8 Chains {.?.}
of Cairneyhill

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The direction from Cairneyhill is obscured by the fold in the digital image facsimile of the OS Name Book

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John Burt

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