OS1/30/4/6
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blindlee Burn | Blindlee Burn Blindlee Burn Blindlee Burn |
Estate Map James Stalker Esqr James Sanderson, Meigle |
004.13 | A small stream rising a short distance west of "Blindlee Tower", (from which it takes its name) flows in a northerly direction for a short distance, when it is covered over, issuing again at the Galashiels and Peebles Road, where it becomes the boundary between the Phs [Parishes] of "Galashiels" and "Stow", and takes the name of "Red Burn" |
| Red Burn | Red Burn Red Burn Red Burn |
James Stalker Esqr William Kempe Esqr Mr. Duncan Manus, Gardener |
004.13 | A small stream (the continuation of "Blindlee Burn") flowing in northeasterly direction along the Galashiels and Peebles Turnpike Road, and emptying itself into the Gala Water, south of "Torwoodlee" |
| Blindlee Tower | Blindlee Tower (Site of) Blindlee Tower (Site of) Blindlee Tower (Site of) |
James Stalker Esqr (Factor) William Kemp Esqr Mr. Adam Dunbar (Printer etc) |
004.13 | The site of an old Tower or "Border Peel" situated a short distance South of "Torwoodlee", This Tower is mentioned by Chambers in his "Picture of Scotland" but gives no particulars concerning it further than, that its Laird and the Laird of "Buckholm Tower" were great enemies of the Laird of "Torwoodlee", and they were also great persecutors of the Covenanters and to facilitate their schemes they had a subterranean passage leading between Blindlee and Buckholm Towers", (but this is scarcely probable as the Vale of the Gala intervenes which is a considerable depth below each Tower) it has been quite levelled to the ground |
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