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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MANSON HILL Manson Hill
Manson Hill
J. Gray
T. Aitken
011 [Situation] About 1/2 mile S. [South] from Listonshiels.
A small sized hill in the [--] of Mid Hill and on the fa [farm ?] of Listonshiels.
MID HILL Mid Hill
Mid Hill
J. Gray
T. Aiken
011 [Situation] About 3/4 mile S. [South] from Listonshiels.
A hill of considerable alti [altitude] on the farm of Listonshiels on i [its] Summit is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station
BAVELAW BURN Bavelaw Burn
Bavelaw Burn
J. Gray
T. Aitken
011 [Situation] Runng [Running] easterly about 1/2 mile E. [East] from Listonshiels.
A stream rising in Barns-cl [cleuch] near the Pentaland Hills an [and] rung [running] into the Water of Leith [at ?] Balerno
KING'S HILL Kings Hill
Kings Hill
J. Gray
T. Aitken
011 [Situation] About 5/8 mile S.E. [South East] from Listonshiels.
A small hill covered with [--] situated N. [North] of the Pentland H [Hills]

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Parish of Kirkliston (detached)

Transcriber's notes

Some words of Description are wholly or partly lost in tight binding of right margin. There is a discrepancy in the spelling by the surveyor of the Authority "Aitken" or "Aiken". He has not used an apostrophe in "Kings Hill".

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