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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FLESH MARKET John Brown Esq Gatehouse of Fleet
John Ferguson Girthon Grobdale
Ainslie's Map revised 1819
037 A tolerable sized tract of moss, on the farms of Girthon Grobdale & Kilroach. formerly it was much softer than at present & cattle often were smothered in it, which circumstance gave rise to its name
QUEEN'S RIGG John Ferguson Girthon Grobdale 037 A small ridge (consisting of heathy pasturage) lying between the bases of Ewe Hill & Laughenghie Hill. an ewe which the farmers family styled The Queen of the flock died here, hence the name, it is pretty generally known in the locality it is on the farm of Girthon Grobdale

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[Page] 32 -- List of Names collected by John Mechan Lce [Lance] Corpl [Corporal] RSM [Royal Sappers & Miners] -- Final Examiner -- [Parish of] Girthon
Plan 37B Trace 4

Objects
Flesh Market - A moss
Queen's Rigg - A ridge

[Signed] 16th August 1848 John Mechan Lce [Lance] Corpl [Corporal] [RSM] [Royal Sappers & Miners]

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