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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEVIOT HILLS | Cheviot Hills | The County Map The Map of Scotland The Map of England |
016.08 017.01 017.02 017.05 017.06 017.09 017.10 017.14 |
A range of hills or mountains in the South of Scotland, separating, throughout, a considerable portion of its extent the Kingdoms of England & Scotland. Some regard this chain as commencing at Loch Ryan in the West, & extending with occasional interruptions, to the head of the Northumberland Beaumont; but the Cheviots, commonly so called, lie in the borders of Roxburgh & Northumberland, and may be regarded as commencing a little south of the Village of Yetholm a little to the East of Yetholm parish lies Cheviot Hill in N lat [Northern Latitude] 55°. 29' - 19 miles from Sunderland Parish. This hill, the highest in the range, has an altitude of 2684 feet.- From this point the Cheviouts run in a S.W. [South West] direction, by Carter Fell, altitude 2020 feet, to Peel Hill in N lat, [Northern Latitude] 55°.19' - W long [Western Longitutde] 2°.35'. The principal pass in the range is that Known by the name of Carter-bar, by which the road from Jedburgh to Newcastle enters England. |
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[Page] 51Parish of Yetholm
[Signed] W Beatty
[Signed] A Burnaby Cap.R E. [Captain Royal Engineers]30 June 1859
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