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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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FETHAN | Fethan Fethan Fathan Fethen Feithein Fethan |
Pennecuiks's descrip. [description] of Tweeddale Thomsons Atlas (Peebles) Thomsons Atlas (Selkirk) Statist.[Statistical] Account 1794 Chalmers Caledonia Edgars Map 1741 |
018 | [Situation] On right bank of the Quair near Traquair Church Formerly the site of a farm belonging to Lord Traquair - now added to Orchard Mains - no vestige of the former steading left to mark the place but said to be in No. 198 - XVII - 8. The statistical acct [account] 1845 in a note states that the famous Capt [Captain] Porteous was a native of this place. - |
FETHAN WOOD | Fethan Wood | Revd. [Reverend] James Campbell | 018 | [Situation] On right bank of Quair opposite the Glen House Wood, chiefly larch and scotch fir overhanging the right bank of the Quair - It derives its name from its proximity to the site described above. - |
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[Page] 17Traquair Parish
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