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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BANK HEAD | Bank Head Bankhead |
J Young, W [West] Handaxwood W Cald [West Calder] Thomas Stark, W [White] House West Calder Sketch of Roads by James Flint |
015 | A Row of Cottages on the farm of W. [west] handaxwood they are built of Stone & in middling repair Occupied by miners and Labouring people and the property of Mr Haer |
BANK HEAD BURN | Bank Head Burn *Bankhead Burn |
J Young, W [West] Handaxwood W Cald [West Calder] Thomas Stark, W [White] House W Cald [West Calder] *Sketch of Roads by James Fli [Flint] |
015 | This name applies to a Stream from near the "Verter Well" until its confluence with the "Breich Water" its course is NE [North East] and by "Bank Head" hence the name |
SLATY ROW | Slaty Row | J Young, W [West] Handaxwoo [Handaxwood] W Cald [West Calder] Thomas Stark, W [White] House West Calder |
015 | A Row of Cottages recently erected on the North s [side] of the road from Edinburgh to Lanark they are occupied by Miners and Labouring people and the property of Mr Haer. The name is derived from the Slate like appearance of the Ironstone in the vicinity |
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[Page] 38List of Names collected by 2nd Corpl [Corporal] W Rogers RS [Royal Sappers] & Miners
Plan 15A Trace 2
[Object for Bank Head] Cottages
[Object for Bank Head Burn] A Stream
[Object for Slaty Row] Cottages
[Parish] W [West] Calder
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