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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
TWEEDDALE BURN Tweeddale Burn
Tweeddale Burn
Tweeddale Burn
William Tait Esq.
Alexander Anderson
James Dutch
018 [Situation] Running in a Northerly directn [direction] a few chains East of Toxside
A streamlet gathering upon the farm of East Loch at the nor[th] west base of the Moorfoot Hills and Meandering in a Northerly direction is joined by "Loch Burn" & on the farm of Fullerton where it taKes the name of Fullerton Water and afterwards becomes the S. [South] EsK River. where it passes under Tweedale Burn Bridge upon a Knowe a littl[e] South of the bridge stands a Trig [Trigonometrical] Station.
FUMART SYKE Fumart SyKe Robert Pringle
Andrew Reid Scarcerig Toll Bar
018 [Situation] Crossing the Road from Peebles to DalKeith abt. [about] ¾ of a Mile S. E [South East] from Toxside runng. [running] N. E. [North East]
A very Small Stream gathering on the farm of Tox Side in a hollow once, Much frequented by Fumarts or PoleCats, which gave rise to the name The Stream run[s] in a Northerly and N. [North] Westerly direction to Toxside House where it joines Tweeddale Burn

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Letters are lost in the gutter binding in both entries.

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