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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MIDDLE BURN Middle Burn
Middle Burn
James Nicol
James Tait Shepherds.
014 [Situation] Runs South Side of Turf Knowe.
A small stream having its rise at the union of Turf Knowe - Priesthope Hill - and Torykneis - and after running in a westerly direction, falls into Leithen Water below the Common.
PRIESTHOPE SWARE Priesthope Swair
Priesthope Swair
Robert Laurie
James Nicol Shepherds
014 [Situation] North Side of Priesthope Hill.
A kind of hollow, leading over from Harpershiels Burn to Priesthope Burn.

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Sheet 14. No 6. Traces 4. 3. 2.

[Priesthope Burn entered, then crossed out]

[Note below Priesthope Swair:]
Sware. The most level spot between
two hills. The declination of a mountain or
hill near the summit. -
Jamieson's Dictionary

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