OS1/20/13/7

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
POLIFFERIE BURN Polifferie Burn
Polifferie Burn
Polifferie Burn
Polifferie Burn
William Dickson
William Rowan
Plan 6A
Plan 2D
006 A considerable stream or burn being the continuation of Knottie Burn and Keoch Lane, running in a S.[South] Easterly direction to its conflux with the "Water of Ken".

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Parish of Carsphairn

Left hand side of page Form 136 Page 42 Polifferie Burn

Polifferie Burn
[Name] In the word Polifferie the
prefix Pol is the Gaelic Poll i.e.
a pool, a deep stream, but the
other part of the name is difficult
to understand & apparently much
corrupted
[Situation] Running in a Southerly direction to its Junction with the Water of Ken, at 35 chains E [East] of Craigengillan, farm house.

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Gerald Cummins

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