OS1/11/17/93

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BURDIEHOUSE BURN Burdiehouse Burn
Burdiehouse Burn
R Trotter Esqr Mortonhall
John Allan Broomhill
006 A tolerable size stream formed by the junctions of the Pentland, Lothian, and Swanston Burns; it takes a northerly course till its efflux with the sea at Portobello.
MOUNT PLANTATION Mount Plantation
Mount Plantation
R Trotter Esqr Mortonhall
John Allan Broomhill
006 A small plantation consisting of oak ash & Fir the property of R Trotter Esqr.
SWANSTON BURN Swanston Burn
Swanston Burn
R Trotter Esqr Mortonhall
John Allan Broomhill
006 A small stream rising on the north side of the Pentlands on the farm of Swanston it takes a N.E. [North East] course till it joins the Lothian Burn
PENTLAND BURN Pentland Burn
Pentland Burn
R Trotter Esqr Mortonhall John Allan Broomhill 006 A small stream taking its rise on the south side of the Pentland range on the farm of Boghall. its course is Northerly and extends from N. [North] to South 2 miles, it forms a junction with Lothian Burn whence it attains the name of Burdiehouse Burn.

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Plan. 6.D -- List of Names collected by Pte [Private] John E Daveran RS&M [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st Examiner
Field Book [Trace] 3
[Object Burdiehouse Burn] Stream
[Object Mount Plantation] Wood
[Object Swanston Burn] Stream
[Object Pentland Burn] Stream
Ph [Parish] of Liberton
[signed] John E Daveran RS&M [Royal Sappers and Miners]
25 Sept 1851

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