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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
WEST HANDAXWOOD West Handaxwood
West Handaxwood
Wester Handaxwood
Handaxwood
J. Young
Thomas Stark
Co. [County] map
Map of Roads
015 [Situation] About 1 3/4 Mile N.E. by E. [North East by East] from Muldron.
A well constructed farm house with out houses and a large farm consisting of about 2000 [?] acres the greater part of which is arable and is thickly studd [studded] with refuse Heaps of old iron mines none of which are now wrought; there is also a very exte [extensive] Lime works in full operation on [the] Farm. The farm is the property of Mr Haer and occupied by J. Young. Tradition says that a very extensive wood existed here the whole of which was felled by the hand axe henc [hence] the name

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Parish of West Calder
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