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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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REEDY BANK | Reedy Bank Reedy Bank Reedy Bank |
Rev: [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] Aitken Minto Manse Rev: [Reverend] J. Duncan Denholm Mr Alexander Thomson Factor Hawick |
020.06 | [Situation] On the East bank of River Teviot. An old established name given to a slope covered with fir wood - on the right bank of the Teviot lying between Spittal Ford and Denholm Village and on the property of J. Douglas Esqr. of Cavers Ho. [House] |
RULEHALCH | Rulehalch Rulehalch Rulehalch Rulehalch |
Mr A. Jeffrey Jedburgh Mr A. Thomson James Turnbull Farmer Spittal Rev: [Reverend] James Duncan Denholm |
020.07 | [Situation] To the North of Spittal. Applies to a piece of ground lying between the River Teviot & Rule Water "In 1393, a duel was fought here between Sir Thomas Strothers, an Englishman and Sir William Inglis, a Scotchman, at which Archibald, Earl of Douglas, and Henry Percy of Northumberland, the wardens of the marches, acted as umpires. Sir Thomas Strothers was slain. the above is an extract from A Jeffrey's History of Roxburgh. The name is well known in the district. |
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[Page] 8Parish of Cavers Sheet 20 No 7 Trace 2
[signed] Thomas Watson 2nd Corp: R.E. [2nd Corporal Royal Engineers]
[Note in Spelling Column below Reedy Bank:]
Bank Bawk -- Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Sc. Dicty [Scottish Dictionary]
or
Banks - Balks the grass ridges dividing ploughed lands. -- Brockett's Glossary
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