OS1/29/3/10

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  3. Roxburghshire OS Name Books, 1858-1860
  4. Roxburghshire volume 03
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
RULE BRIDGE Rule Bridge (Stone)
Rule Bridge (Stone)
Rule Bridge (Stone)		 Rev: [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] Aitken Minto Manse
Rev: [Reverend] J. Duncan Denholm.
A. Jeffrey Esqr. Jedburgh		 020.07 [Situation] On the boundary common to Hobkirk and Bedrule._
This name applies to a Substantial Stone bridge of one arch, which spans the Rule Water near Spittal, - and built by the Road Trustees, by whom it is kept in repair.
NEWTON POND Newton Pond
Newton Pond		 New Statl. [Statistical] Account of Roxburghshire
Gazetteer of Scotland		 020.07 [Situation] Nearly 1 mile N.N.E. [North North East] of Bedrule village. _
A small sheet of water used as a mill-dam._

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[page] 10
Parish of Bedrule
Sheet 20 No. 7
T. [Trace] 3 & 4
[The entry for Lady's Well is scored through and marked as "Now extinct".
The description reads:
A Spring, So named, it is Said, from the Supply of water it afforded to a fishpond belonging to the monks of Jedburgh - an extract from Jeffrey's History of Roxburgh This spring is Situated about three quarters of a mile to the South East of Newton & in the centre of a Milldam - which dam or pond was enlarged a few years ago - the exact spot cannot be ascertained.]
[signed] Thomas Watson
2nd. Corp: R.E. [Royal Engineers]

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Bedrule Parish, Roxburghshire County

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