OS1/20/7/8

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Kirkcudbrightshire OS Name Books, 1848-1851
  4. Kirkcudbrightshire, Volume 7
  5. OS1/20/7/8
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BRACKEN HILL Bracken Hill
Bracken Hill		 David Mitchell
James Sloan		 004 [Situation] 1 1/4 miles N.[North] of Woodhead Lead Mines
A small Knoll or Eminence on the farm of Woodhead, its soil is arable land, the origin of its name is from ferns growing on it. which are commonly called BracKens in Galloway

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Parish of Carsphiarn

Form 136 Page 39 Braken Hill


[Notes] Bracken, Braiken, Brecken,.
The female fern
Jamiesons Dictionary

Bracken, Female fern
Barley's Eng.[English] Dictionary

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Chr1smac -Moderator, Gerald Cummins

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Carsphairn Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire County, Straiton Parish

  Linked mapsheets.

Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 4 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Kirkcudbrightshire, Sheet 4