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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FAW PLANTATION Faw Plantation
Faw Plantation
Faw Plantation
Faw Plantation
Thomas Tod Esqr. Drygrange
James Curle Esqr. Melrose
Willian Scott Forrester Drygrange
Allan Freer Esqr. Banker, Melrose
004.13 A plantation of fir trees on the farm of Torrowless field, the property of T. Tod Esqr. Drygrange.
PACKMAN'S BURN Packman's Burn
Packman's Burn
Packman's Burn
Packman's Burn
Thomas Tod Esqr. Drygrange
James Curle Esqr. Melrose
William Scott Forrester Drygrange
Allan Freer Esqr. Banker, Melrose.
004.13 A small stream which rising in the moor a short distance above "Faw Plantation" & runs in an Easterly direction to the "Packmans Bridge" on the old County Road, where the name changes to "Faw Burn".
FERNY HILL Ferny Hill
Ferny Hill
Ferny Hill
Ferny Hill
Ferny Hill
Decreet of Gattonside lands 1750
Allan Freer Esqr. Banker Melrose
Mr. George Stewart Gattonside
Mr. Robert Dickinson Gattonside
Mr. William Boston. Darncoick.
004.13 An elevated portion of Gattonside District, a little North of the source of Packman's Burn and a short distance South East of Scabbet Hill, on which Ferns were once very abundant.

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George Darling &
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