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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUTTERFORD BURN | Gutterford Burn | Rev. [Reverend] S. Moncrieff Penicuick Robert Murray Farmer Spittal David Alexander Esk Cottage |
017 | A streamlet rising upon the farm of Westside & flowing in a Southerly course runs into the "North Esk Reservoir". it passes a cot house called Gutterford hence the name |
| NORTH ESK RESERVOIR | North Esk Reservoir | Rev. [Reverend] S. Moncrieff Penicuick Robert Murray Farmer Spittal David Alexander Esk Cottage |
017 | A reservoir formed upon the River North Esk , near its source & at its junction with Gutterford Burn. it was made at the instigation, & expence of the paper amnufacturers whose Mills stand upon this River between Penicuick & Musselburgh, so that a constant supply of water may be had at all seasons for previously the works had to cease during droughts. At high water it is 52 feet deep & the water is let off by a sluice which is enclosed in a stone Tower 57 feet high surmounted by a small wooden house and situated about 80 feet from land in the south side of Reservoir and attained by a wooden Foot Bridge. it is called the Sluice Tower. |
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[Page] 37Parish [of] Penicuick
Plan 17B Trace 1
2nd. Corpl. [Corporal] Mechan RSM [Royal Sappers & Miners]
[Note in address column] -- As the Esk once ran through the centre of this lake consequently it is situated in the two counties of Edinburgh & Peebles. 4 small Islands stand in this pond upon one of which a pluseometer is constantly kept.
Transcriber's notes
Pluseometer - probably means 'pluviometer' - a rain gauge. [Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus . p. 1170]Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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