OS1/21/13/47

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CHARLIE'S WELL Charlie's Well Robert Monteith Esq.
Revd. [Reverend] William Struthers
Mr. John Murray
026.05 A small spring well remarkable for the purity of its water the origin of its name is unknown. __
MILLSTONE QUARRY [nr Charlie's Well] Millstone Quarry Robert Monteith Esq
Revd. [Reverend] William Struthers
Mr John Murray
026.05 A Quarry which has been for many years in disuse but from which excellent Millstones were obtained, _ it produces a Curious Kind of stone. resembling petrified Gravel and sand which when first exposed to the atmosphere is quite soft & Can be moulded into any shape. but it Gradually acquires a Great degree of hardness & cohesion equalling if not surpassing the hardest stone. __________

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