OS1/29/15/71
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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WELLGATE | Walligate Walligate Walligate Wellgate |
John Scott Walter Wilson Mr Kedie Fullarton's Imperial Gazetteer |
025.07 | [Situation] To the N.E. [North East] of Mill Path A parish Road extending from the junction of the Back Dam Gate and the Cross Wynd to the junction of the Braid & Cross Roads This name is a corruption of "Wellgate", the road to the Well - the principal Well about Hawick is at the south end of this road. |
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[Page] 71Town of Hawick
Sheet 25.7 9. Trace No.3.
Note - Jamieson does not recognise Wally or Walli - a well. -
It seems improper the Scotch for a well being "Wale".
[signed] Owen Barrett
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