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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BANKS DEN BURN Banks Den Burn Mr. J. Thompson Muiredge

Revd. William Cowan Manse
Thomas Bywater Esq. factor to Admiral Wemyss
025 A small stream which rises in Mailan Plantation, passing North of Muiredge Cottage, thro' Muiredge Plantation, by Ochre stole until it spreads or scatters on Buckhaven links.
MAILIN PLANTATIONS Mailin Plantations David Rogers, gamekeeper
Mr.J. Thompson, Muiredge
Thomas Bywater esq. factor to Admiral wemyss
025 Two small clumps of plantation chiefly composed of Fir, Oak and Beech the property of the Earl of Wemyss of Gosford House. The name is derived from a small farmstead which stood near it.
OCHRE HOLE Ochre Hole Mr.J. Thompson, Muiredge
Mr. T. McGregor, Innerleven
025 A pit or hole on the east side of Muiredge plantation, where formerly Ochre works were carried on, but finally abandoned by those who worked it with a considerable loss from the inferior quality of the article.

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