OS1/11/17/93
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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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[Page] 93Plan. 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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