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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONGBIRN | Long Birn | Archibald Dunlop, West Calder Thomas Stark, White House W [West] Calder |
015 | A large tract of moorland on the farm of Handaxwood and extends from the Base of Levenseat to near the Lin Bridge |
| DROVE LOAN | Drove Loan Drove Loan |
Thomas Stark, White House W [West] Calder Archibald Dunlop, Labr [Labourer] W [West] Calder Plan of Roads by James Flint |
015 | This name applies to an old road from the County Boundary on the North for about 1/2 mile is now an excellent road thence to the County Boundary South it is very rough butwell defined although never used as a public road no person can appropriate the Soil by planting cultivation or otherwise It was formerly remarkable for the passage of droves of cattle brought this way on their journey to the English markets |
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[Page] 17List of Names collected by 2nd Corpl [Corporal] W Rogers RS [Royal Sappers] & Miners
[Plan 15] B [Trace] 1
[Object for Long Birn] A piece of Land
[Object for Drove Loan] An old road
[Parish] W [West] Calder
[Signed] W Rogers 2nd Corp [Corporal] RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners
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