OS1/30/4/4

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  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Selkirkshire OS Name Books, 1858
  4. Selkirkshire volume 04
  5. OS1/30/4/4
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Ettrick Forest Ettrick Forest Chalmers Caledonia
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Fullertons Gazeteer		 003 ; 004 ; 007 ; 008 A popular, poetic and historical name for the whole or chief part of Selkirkshire -
All the county watered by the "Ettrick" the "Yarrow" and their tributaries was anciently a Forest, the remains of the ancient Caledonian Forest
Excepting a few straggling thorns and some solitary birches, no trees now remain, although, wherever protected from the sheep, copses soon arise without any planting

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Parish of Galashiels

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Galashiels Parish, Selkirkshire County

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Viii Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Viii
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Iii Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Iii
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Iv Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Iv
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Vii Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Selkirkshire, Sheet Vii