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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GAIT KNOWE | Gate Knowe Gate Knowe Gate Knowe Gait Knowe |
Mr Purves Burnfoot Mr G. Laurie Linton Mr Johnstone Pairnside The Revd [Reverend] Mr Leishman Parish Minister |
016.07 | A small hill, on the farm of Linton planted with firs and other trees; - it is situated a short distance west of [the] farm house of Burnfoot, and is the [property] of R.K. Elliott Esqr of Clifton [Park[ |
GAITKNOWE QUARRY | Gateknowe Quarry Gateknowe Quarry Gateknowe Quarry Gaitknowe Quarry |
Mr Purves Mr Laurie Mr Johnston See Gate Knowe |
016.07 | A whinstone quarry on the opposite side of the road to the Gate Knowe, from which it derives its name; it is on the farm of Linton |
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Parish of Linton[page] 30
Sheet 16 No 7
Described by Sapper Montgomery R.E. [Royal Engineers]
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Gait- A Goat-Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary p. [page] 273. Derived from Goats having pastured on it- Gait- the old Scottish way of Spelling "Goat"-
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