OS1/24/15/17

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MIDDLE HOPE RIG Middle Hoope Rig
Middle Hoope Rig
Mr. Thomas French, Shepherd, Hope
Mr. James Plenderleith
013 [Situation] About 1 Mile North from Nether Horsburgh.
This name applies to an elevated ridge, immediately North of Hope, covered with heathy pasture. At its northern extremity it joins a chain of hills which attain considerable elevation, and extend in a South Easterly direction to Innerleithen.
HABS CLEUGH SHANK Habscleugh Shank
Habscleugh Shank
Thomas French Shepherd Hope
Mr. James Plenderleith
013 [Situation] About ¾ of a Mile N.W. [North West] of Nether Horsburgh.
A ridge shaped hill distant about threequarters of a mile on the North West side of Nether Horsburgh. The greater portion of its surface is covered with heathy pasture

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 17

Innerleithen Parish -- Sheet 13. No. 8 - trace 3

[Note under Middle Hope Rig:]
See p. [page] 10

[Faint note under Habs Cleugh:]
Hobs Cleu

[Very faint entry at bottom of page:]
Habscleugh Burn -- Not in Name Sheets

Transcriber's notes

Middle Hope Rig also appears on page 10, with a slightly different description. This entry does not appear in the index, and has been crossed out in the recommended Orthography column, implying this entry is redundant.

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Alison James- Moderator, P Wills

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