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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
STIRCHES BURN Stirches Burn
Stirches Burn
Stirches Burn
Robert Chisholm Esqr. Stirches
Thomas Asher Esqr Courthill
Robert Johnstone Burn Grove
019.15; 025.03 [Situation] From the Nn [Northern] vicinity of Priestrig SE by E. [South East by East] to River Teviot.
A Rivulet which rises on the lands of Stirches, and flows in a southerly direction till it mingles with the River Teviot,
COLLIER'S PLANTATION Collier's Plantation
Collier's Plantation
Collier's Plantation
Robert Chisholm Esqr,
Thomas Usher Esqr,
Robert Johnstone
025.04 [Situation] to the N.E. [North East] of Stirches Burn
A small wood on the farm of Burnfoot. It derives this name from the Circumtance of a man of the name of Collier having Committed suicide here at a former period
RIVER TEVIOT River Teviot
River Teviot
River Teviot
Robert Chisholm Esqr.
Thomas Usher Esqr,
Robert Johnstone
025; 026 [Situation] On the En [Eastern] and Sn [Southern] Parish Boundaries
A Considerable River which rises near the south side of the Parish of Roberton and flows in an easterly direction, and falls into the River Tweed at Kelso,

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Parish of Wilton -- Plan 25.4 Trace 1
[Signed] Philip Munro Lce. Corp: R.E. [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]

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