OS1/24/40/30

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Peeblesshire OS Name Books, 1856-1858
  4. Peeblesshire volume 40
  5. OS1/24/40/30
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SHAW HILL QUARRIES Shaws Hill Quarries
Shaws Hill Quarries		 Andrew Inglis Schoolmaster
Robert Gardner, Farmer		 018 [Situation] About ½ Mile S.E. [South East] from Traquair Village
Whinstone Quarries used for rubble masonary and road repairs. - Their use is confined to the locality of Traquair. - They are situated on the steep slope of Shawhill along the right bank of Glengaber or Fingland Burn, on the Farm of Traquair Knowe & nearly opposite to the farmstead of Damhead. -

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Traquair Parish

Sheet 18-5

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DANIALSAN, JOANMUIR

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Peeblesshire County, Traquair Parish

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Peebles-shire, Sheet Xviii Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Peebles-shire, Sheet Xviii