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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
TOM PIT Tom Pit
Tom Pit
Mr Grier (Manager)
Mr Penman (Clerk)
035 A large Coal Pit belonging to the Elgin Colliery. it is worked by a powerful Engine. This Pit was named after the Hon [Honorable] Thomas Bruce, Butler to the Earl of Elgin.
WALLSEND PIT Wallsend Pit
Wallsend Pit
Wallsend Pit
Mr Grier
Mr Penman
Stat [Statistical] Acct [Account] 1844
035 A large Coal Pit 105 fathoms in depth. it received the name from the coal which it produced being equally as good as that of the same name at the mouth of the River Tyne near Newcastle. At present this Pit is disused.

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Plan 35A Trace No. 6 Parish of Dunfermline
Tom Pit. About ½ Mile E [East] of Rosebank Mains.
Wallsend Pit. About ½ Mile SE [South East] of Rosebank Mains.

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