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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BELD KNOWE Beld Knowe, Bald Know. James Hope, John Wilson Esqr., Estate Plan (Eldershaw). 053 A prominent hill over which the boundary between the Cos. Dumfries and Lanark passes.
BLACK BURN Black Nurn James Hope, Robert Baird, John Wilson Esqr., Estate Plan (Eldershaw), Co. Map (Forest's). 053 This name applies to a large burn from "Upper Sweetshaw" to "Daer Water", from Upper Sweetshaw to its source the continuation of the ... burn is called "White Burn", both names are well known.
FERNY CRAIG Ferny Craig, Thermy Craig. James Hope, John Wilson Esqr., Estate Plan (Eldershaw). 053 A name given to a rocky brow on the north side of "Beld Knowe", both these names are well known by the people in the neighbourhood.

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