OS1/11/16/23

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
TORDUFF RESERVOIR Torduff Reservoir
Torduff Reservoir
Torduff Reservoir
W. McDougal
Rev [Reverend] L. Balfour
Water Company's map
006 [Situation] About 1 1/4 mile S.W. by S. [South West by South] from Colinton Church.
A sheet of water extending over several Acres and of considerable depth constructed for the supply of water for the City of Edinburgh, the water is conveyed to a Cistern a short distance from the Reservoir where it is filtered and conveyed by a 3 inch pipe to Edinburgh. See also page 57 A Catchwater - (Covered Drain or pipe) conveys water from Blacklaw Burn & Dean Burn into this Reservoir - see Supplementary remarks on plan C Sheet 6 [Initialled] A.M.O. 9th Feb [Febuary] 1853 See paper Clarification [--]
CISTERN [Torduff Reservoir] Torduff Reservoir
Torduff Reservoir
Torduff Reservoir
W. McDougal
Rev [Reverend] L. Balfour
Water Company's map
006 [Situation] About 1 1/4 mile S.W. by S. [South West by South] from Colinton Church.
A sheet of water extending over several Acres and of considerable depth constructed for the supply of water for the City of Edinburgh, the water is conveyed to a Cistern a short distance from the Reservoir where it is filtered and conveyed by a 3 inch pipe to Edinburgh. See also page 57 A Catchwater - (Covered Drain or pipe) conveys water from Blacklaw Burn & Dean Burn into this Reservoir - see Supplementary remarks on plan C Sheet 6 [Initialled] A.M.O. 9th Feb [Febuary] 1853 See paper Clarification [--]
BONALLY BURN Bonally Burn
Bonally Burn
W. McDougal
Rev [Reverend] L. Balfour
006 [Situation] Runng [Running] N.E. [North East] abt [about] 1/4 Mile West from Dreghorn Castle.
A stream taking its rise chiefly from the Reservoirs of Torduff Clubbiedean & Bonally running in a NE [North East] direction into Howden Burn

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[Page] 23
Parish of Colinton

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There is no separate entry on this page for "Cistern" as pre-populated, but details transcribed as for "Torduff Reservoir" for clarity.

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