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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URR WATER | Urr Water | James Chesney n.s Craigenputtock via Minnyhive J. Muirhead n.s. Drumwhirn Toll Bar via Corsock |
017 | A considerable stream having its source in "Loch Urr", flowing in a southerly direction to its influx into the Solway Frith at the eastern side of Hestan Island and about equidistant between the "Dee" and "Nith," receiving in its course many tributaries, all inconsiderable except "Kirkgunzeon Burn" which has a run of 10 or 11 miles. With the exception of nearly a mile where it cuts off a small portion of Urr parish, it is throughout a boundary line having Dunscore (here it divides the shires of Dumfries & Kirkcudbright) Kirkpatrick Durham, Colvend and Urr on the East. Balmaclellan, Parton, Crossmichael, and Buittle on the West. About 4 1/4 Miles before its influx into the Solway it begins to expand into an estuary and at its embouchure between Hestan Island and a headland on the east it has a breadth of nearly 2 miles. It is naturally navigable for considerable Craft for 3 miles above its incipient expansion or 7 1/4 above its embouchure. Salmon are caught in considerable quantities in wet summers, but in dry seasons seafish can get little higher than the flow of the tide. This stream from its source to its influx has a length of about 26 miles, at first flowing thro' [through] a wild country and over an irregular channel, but eventually (at Corsock) beginning to show some thickets of natural wood and thriving plantations along its banks, which give it a picturesque and pleasing appearance. Its [sides] are now and then blotted with small pendicles of Morass, but in general have a natural sward of grass, and its hill [screens] possess [a] peat elevation and are all over arable. |
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[Page] 73Parish of Kirkpatrick Durham
Plan 17A Trace 8 -- List of Names collected by 2nd Corporal P. Quin RS. [Royal Sappers] & Miners 1st Examiner
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Urr Water - a stream
[Signed] P. Quin 2nd Corpl. [Corporal] RS&M [Royal Sappers and Miners]
14th Feby [February] 1850
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