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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
COCK RIG Cock Rig
Cock Rig
Thomas Cairns.
William Henderson.
011 ; 012 About 25 chains north west from Craigenterrie.
A small heathy eminence on the farm of Craigenterrie. On its summit is a Trig. [Trigonometrical] station.
KENLEITH BURN 012 See remarks on plan 5D. Anno. 22nd October 1852.
WHITESIDE BURN Whiteside Burn
Whiteside Burn
Thomas Cairns.
William Henderson.
011 ; 012 Rising about ¼ mile west from Harbour Hill and running in a westerly direction.
A small stream gathering on the farm of Craigsterrie and running in a northerly direction through part of a farm which was formerly called Whiteside and at length runs into the Water of Leith a little east of the village of Currie. Near its termination it changes its name and is called Poets Burn from the circumstance of its passing a place which was the residence of Thomson author of the Season.

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