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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOSS TREE | Boss Tree Boss Tree Boss Tree |
Patricks Directory F Hamilton, Writer. Hamilton Thomas Ramsay, Cattle Keeper "Bos, Boss, Bois, _ Hollow" Jamieson |
017.08 | One near 'WoodHouse' (this house was taken down a short time ago) called the "Boss tree", is capable of containing at one time, eight individuals of the ordinary size. The chase in which these venerable combaters of time are now vegetating is browzed by about four-score white cows of the anceint British breed." Patrick's Directory of Hamilton. Either of these names |
| OLD OAKS [Cadzow Castle] | Caledonian Forest Old Oaks Caledonian Forest Old Oaks Caledonian Forest Old Oaks Old Oaks Old Oaks Old Oaks |
Brown's Hamilton Directory D. Gairdner, Factor J. Litster Hamilton Palace Office Patrick's Directory of Hamilton F. Hamilton, Writer Hamilton W. Henderson, Town Clerk |
017.08 | "Near to Cadzow Castle is the noble chase, with its ancient oaks, the remains of the Caledonian Forest, which anciently stretched from sea to sea. Some of these trees are 26 feet in girth, & one measures 36." Brown's Directory of Hamilton. "The 'Old Oaks' behind Cadzow Castle cover several hundred acres" (this is a mistake) "they are evidently of great antiquity. (Some of these are English Oaks supposed to have beenplanted by King David, first Earl of Huntington, about the year 1140.) One near 'WoodHouse' (this house was taken down a short time ago) called the "Boss tree", is capable of containing at one time, eight individuals of the ordinary size. The chase in which these venerable combaters of time are now vegetating is browzed by about four-score white cows of the anceint British breed." Patrick's Directory of Hamilton. Either of these names |
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