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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LONG STREAM Long Stream
Long Stream
William Chambers Esqr Glenormiston House
John Watt Laborer Glenormiston House
014 [Situation] About ¾ of a Mile W by S [West by South] of Innerleithen

A large rippling current, in the River Tweed, situated immediately below Caerlee Bank.
JAWSTANE POOL Jawstone Pool William Chambers Esqr Glenormiston House
John Watt Laborer Glenormiston House
014 [Situation] About ¾ of a Mile West of Innerleithen

A large pool, a little above Long Stream; in the River Tweed. Jaw means Jar, and the pool owes its name to the circumstance, of the water jarring against a stone that lay there at some period.

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Parish of Inverleithen -- Sheet 14 No 13 -- Trace 5

[Note] -- Jaw. To dash. -- A wave. etc -- Jamiesons Scott [Scottish] Dicty [Dictionary]

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