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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CHANT WELL Chant Well
Chant Well
Alex [Alexander] Robertson (Halbeath)
David Dow (Keirsbeath)
035 [Situation] 25 chains NNE [North North East] of Halbeath. A good spring well on the farm of Hallhouse. This is an old established name and it appears its orig [origin] was owing to the manner in which the water gushed out, having a kind of rumbling noise. latterly the noise has cease in Consequence of the land about the well having been drained.
WATERHEAD (In Ruins) Waterhead (in ruins)
Waterhead (in ruins)
David Goodall (Hallhouse)
David Dow (Keirsbeath)
035 [Situation] ¼ mile NE [North East] of Halbeath. Two rows of houses now in ruins, formerly occupied by Colliers belonging to the Hallbeath Colliery. They are on the farm of Hallhouse.

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