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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MIRES BURN Mires Burn
Mires Burn
Mires Burn
Mires Burn
Forest's Co. Map
J. Jack. Uddingston
Mrs. Cross . Bent
R. Clark . Road Surveyor
011.07 This Burn issues from the lands of "Bothwell Castle" on Trace 5. & it is not known by any name until it comes on this Trace .from which to the south east of "Thornwood", Trace 5.XI-3. it is known by the authorites here quoted, as "Mires Burn" - a name taken from a Farm Steading which used to lie east of Uddingston.
In the latter part of its course, from about "Thornwood" to the point where it enters the Clyde, it is well known as "Pow Burn"
( see N. Sheet of Trace 4.XI.3).
WOODFIELD Woodfield
Woodfield
Woodfield
Dr. Muirhead .Longdales
Mr. Aird Occupier
Robert Watt, of Rosepark
011.07 A couple of superior Villas one of which is occupied. These are the property of a W. Mc.Kechnie. "Woodfield Villa" and "Woodfield House" are said to be used by the pr. of these houses but such distinctions have not been enquired about as " Woodfield" only retains the name sufficiently.

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