OS1/11/17/79
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAIMES COTTAGE | Cames Cottage | Robert Grieve, Cames Cottage Thomas Torrance Meadowhead |
006 | A neat cottage in good repair situated near Cames Village the property and residence of R Grieve. |
| KAIMES | The Cames or Cames | Robert Grieve, Cames Cottage Thomas Torrance Meadowhead |
006 | A small village containing 3 Rows of cottages situated about 3½ miles South of Edinburgh on the Peebles Road they are thatched and in middling repair containing about 12 families who are principally of the labouring classes; There are many conjectures regarding the proper derivation of this name; the etymology of which almost remains in obscurity but most probably from what I can glean. that it was from the "Cock's Comb" which assertion is corroberated from its being once called the "Red Cames or Combs" |
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[Page] 79P. 6 D -- List of Names collected by Pte [Private] John E Daveran RS&M [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st Examiner
Field Book No 2
[Object Cames Cottage] House
[Object The Cames or Cames] Village
Liberton Parish
[signed] John E Daveran
11 Nov 1851
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