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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ST JOHN'S WELL St John's Well
St John's Well
St John's Well
St John's Well
St John's Well
James Curle Esqr
Allan Freer Esqr
T. J. Dunn Esqr Writer, Melrose
Inscription in Stone over Well
008.01 Altho' [Although] that this well bears the name of a Saint, it is only modern, - And got this from an eccentic Character in the Village at the time of its formation, which was in 1814, and which date with the name is cut in a Stone over the well, 5 or 6 individuals in the Village at the above date, laid pipes from a Spring which they discovered on the Side of the hill north of this, And conveyed the water to this place by that means - So that there is consequently no well, but the water discharging itself into a trough from the pipe - It is , Situated in the Southwest part of Gattonside (Village), west, and beside the School - A very Excellent spring is the source of this well. -
GOAT BRAE Goat Brae
Goat Brae
Goat Brae
Goat Brae
Mr Robert Dickinson, Gattonside
Mr Alexander HopKirk, Schoolmaster, Gattonside
Mr Robert Clapperton, Orchard Cottage, Gattonside
Decreat of Gattonside dated 1750
James Curle Esqr
Allen Free Esqr
T.J. Dunn Esqr Writer, Melrose
008.01 A Steep, Arable field, on the north Side of Gattonside Village; before the enclosure tooK place, this was a whinny brae, and was a favorate place for depasturing the Goats which were then Kept by the Villagers. It is the property of the Revd Dr [Reverend Doctor] Brewster. Glasgow -

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John McCabe

[Note Goat Brae] -- the same additional authorities
as to the above name.

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