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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
RIVER TWEED Tuad
Tued
Tweda
Twede
Vueda
Tuid
Tweed
Tweed
Tweed
Ancient British names Chalmers Caledonia
Charter of Selkirk granted by Earl David afterwards King
Camden
Potolmy
Bede - all quoted by Chalmers
Armstrong's Map
Thomsons atlas (Peebles)
Statist. [Statistical] acct. [account] &c
014 This River has its source in the Parish of Tweedsmuir on the confines of Dumfries-shire and pursues a N.N.E. [North North East] direction to Drumelzier and thence in a N.E. [North East] direction to near its confluence with Lyne Water. From this point its general course is Easterly to Elibank where it enters the County of Selkirk.
WHIN STREAM Whin Stream See Name Sheets 14 No. 13 Innerleithen
JAWSTANE POOL Jawstane Pool See Name Sheets 14 No. 13 Innerleithen

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Traquair Parish

Sheet 16-13

Situation - River Tweed - Bounding Traquair on the North

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DANIALSAN, JOANMUIR

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