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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URR WATER | Urr Water | John Murdoch n.s. Drumwhirm via Corsock William Callander n.s. Knocklaren via Corsock |
025 | A small river having its source in "Loch Urr" and flowing in a southerly course about 26 miles to its influx into the "Solway Frith" a little E. [East] of "Heston Island" and about midway between the "Nith" and the "Dee". With the exception of about a mile over which it cuts off a small portion of the parish of Urr is throughout a boundary line between Parishes having on the E. [East] Kilpatrick Durham Urr and [Colvend] and on the W. [West] Balmaclellan, Parton, Crossmichael and Buittle. Its tributaries are numerous, but inconsiderable with exception of one (Dalbeattie or Kirkgunzeon Burn) which has a run of Ten or Eleven Miles. About 4 1/4 Miles before it empties itself in the "Solway Frith" into begins to expand it an estuary and at its embouchure between "Heston Island' and a headland on the East, it has a breadth of very nearly 2 Miles. It is naturally navigable for [Coastal] craft for three miles above its incipient expansion, or 1/4 above its embouchure . Salmon are caught in considerable numbers in wet summers, but, in dry Seasons sea-fish can get little higher than the flow of the tide. This river for a number of miles after issuing out of "Loch Urr" holds its Course through a wild Country and over an irregular [course] but it eventually begins to shew some stripes of level and fertile land upon its banks and from the point where it [begins] to run along the parochial Margins of "Urr" it pursues its way Among increasingly level and Cultivated grounds. In its Course it is occasionally overshadowed by patches and Small thickets of wood, its vales are now and then [?] with small particles of morass, but in general have a rich natural sward of grass, and its hill [screens ?] no great elevation and are all over arable. |
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[Page] 54 -- List of Names collected by David Mason Pte RS&M [Private Royal Sappers & Miners] 1st Examiner - Parish of BalmaclellanObject Urr Water - A River
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