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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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HUDDERSFIELD | Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield |
Written on Houses Mr. Lees Mr. James Stalker |
003.15; 007.03 | A Street leading east from the end of "Paton Street" & bears the name to "Wakefield Mill", there are very few dwelling houses in this Street, it being principally Composed of manufactories, (both hand and machinery,) from whence it got the name, |
OLD GAOL (In Ruins) | Old Goal or Jail (in Ruin) Old Goal or Jail (in Ruin) Old Goal or Jail (in Ruin) |
Mr. James Stalker Mr Lees Mr James Sutherland |
007.03 | An old Ruin, inside of the grounds Attached to "Gala House", And on the west Side of "Elm Row", there is only, the west end, And portions of the north And South Sidewalls Standing, And would appear to have been built in the form of one of the old "Border Peels", high And narrow, And the walls of Considerable thickness. The Town Clock was originally kept here, And the place which it occupied is still boxed off, This was the "Goal" for the "Barony" of Galashiels - but has not been used as such for a great number of years |
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[Page] 60Town of Galashiels
Sheet 7 - Trace 3 & 1 -- Collected by John McCabe
Transcriber's notes
The maps referred to in the Situation are Sheets 8.2.17 (sheet 6), 8.2.22 (sheet 7) and 8.2.23 (sheet 8) of the Galashiels Town Plan; the names Huddersfield and Old Goal do not appear on Roxburgh Sheets 3.15 or 7.03 (25 inch map).Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Douglas Montgomery
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