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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
NEWSTEAD Newstead Mr John Carstairs Springfield
Revd [Reverend] S. Moncrieff PenicuiK Manse
018 A small farm house with a few acres attached the property of Mr S. Carstairs of Springfield
KINGSIDE EDGE Kingside Edge Mr John Carstairs Springfield
Revd [Reverend] S. Moncrieff PenicuiK Manse
018 An arable ridge upon the farm of Kingside and Newstead tradition speaks of some of the Scotch Kings visiting the locality on hunting excursions hence the name, upon its summit stands a Trigl. [Trigonometrical Station] called after the farm.
LEAD BURN Lead Burn Mr John Carstairs Springfield
Revd [Reverend] S. Moncrieff PenicuiK Manse
018 A streamlet issuing from a small laKe near the masnion of "Whim" and meandering in a north easterly direction (dividing the Counties of Midlothian & Peebles) joins "Black Burn" above the Village of PenicuiK, how it gets its name cannot correctly learn, no lead is in the Vicinity, but the Rev [Reverend] Mr Moncreiff thinKs it is from the Mill Lead at "Ann's Mill

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