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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BROX LAW | 009.03 | [Continued from page 53] From this is will appear that the present name is derived either from the former Village or the Extinct Barony rather than, as has been often supposed, from the Brox. the Gaelic term for "badger". whose favorite resort it is. |
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WESTER ANA | Wester Ana | Robert Darling Esqre Broomlands. Mr Turnbull Steward. Mr Stevenson Kelso. |
009.07 | At the Extreme South West part of the South park, a number of Scattered trees mark an old course of a mill Lead which is still distinctly visible. The island which was in consequence formed, received this name from being the most Western within the policy of Floors. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 54.Parish of Kelso. -- Sheet 9 No. 7 -- Trace 3.
Collected by H. Sharban
[Note Wester Ana] -- Ana - A river Island, a Holm
Roxb: [Roxburgh] Of doubtful origin -- Jamiesons Scottish Dictionary
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