OS1/29/31/121
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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OXNAM WATER | Oxnam Water Oxnam Water Oxnam Water |
Mr. James Simpson Ricalton Mr. George Douglass Plenderleith Mr. John Douglass Phaup |
021.03; 027.04; 028.01 | [Situation] Through Parish in a N.Wn. [North Western] direction. A considerable stream having its source on the farm of Phaup flows in a Northerly direction and joins the Teviot near Crailings |
KNOCK HILL | Knock Hill Knock Hill Knock Hill |
Mr James Simpson Mr George Douglass Mr John Douglass |
028.13 | [Situation] On the East of Oxnam Water, A hill of a conical form, on the farm of Plenderleith the property of His Grace the Duke of Roxburgh |
CIL SIKE | Cil Sike Cil Sike Cil Sike |
Mr. James Simpson Mr. George Douglass Mr. John Douglass |
028.13 | [Situation] South of Oxnam Water. A small stream running through a deep cleuch on the farm of Phaup, empties itself into the Oxnam Water. There is no satisfactory mode of spelling this name, but merely Writing it from the sound, neither can I get a derivation for it, but is most probably from Syl, a contraction for the proper name of Sylvester, |
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[Page] 121Parish of Oxnam -- Sheet 28. 13. Trace 2
[Signed] J. G Andrew sr R.E. [sapper Royal Engineers]
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Trondragirl- Moderator, Douglas Montgomery
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