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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACK'S PLUMB | Jack's Plumb | Thomas Stoddart Esqr. Kelso Mr. Thomas Train Kelso Mr John Michie Kelso |
009.08 | A Salmon Cast in the Teviot to the back of Maxwellheugh Mill a short distance before its junction with the Tweed. The name has originated from people coming frequently to bathe near this in the Summer Season. |
| THE PUTT | The Putt | Thomas Stoddard Esqr. Kelso. Robert Darling Esqr. Broomlands. Mr. Thomas Train Kelso Mr. John Michie Kelso |
010.04 | To prevent the banks of the Tweed from being drifted away, an embankment of Stone is here constructed along the South Side of the river for which the Scottish term is "a Putt" and from which, this Salmon Cast has derived its name, and which extends from immediately above the Caul near "Kelso Ana" along the Centre of the Tweed as far as the "Top of Roxburgh Street." |
| THE BACK BULLERS | The Back Bullers | Thomas Stoddard Esqr. Kelso Robert Darling Esqr. Broomlands. Mr. Thomas Train Kelso Mr. John Michie Kelso |
009.04 | A Salmon Cast in the Tweed extending along the "Kelso Ana" from the Caul there to the junction of the Teviot with the Tweed. |
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[Page] 73Parish of Kelso -- Town of Kelso
Collected by H. Sharban
[Note relating to 'The Putt'] - Put - A sort of buttress, erected
for supporting a Well.
Stones placed for altering
the direction of a River;
a jettee in a Jetty.
Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary
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