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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECK FORD | Eck Ford | New Statistical Account Chalmers Caledonia Revd. [Reverend] Joseph Yair. Minister. |
015.07 | The parish of Eckford derives its name from a passage of the River Teviot. i.e. Eck-ford - being merely the Oak Ford, from the AEc. quercus of Somner : and the AEc is still pronounced Aik, or Ec, in the dialects of Scotland and of England." - Chalmers Caledonia Vol:II P.166 The name of this parish is a Compound of aec, an oak, and Ford a passage over a river, - referring to the oaks which anciently prevailed in the district, and to a Ford in the Teviot, within a short distance of the Village, which bears the name of the Parish. New Statistical Account P. 220. |
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[Page] 41Parish of Eckford
[Signed] R. Burnaby
Major R.E. [Royal Engineers]
31. Oct. 1859
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