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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ettrick Forest | Ettrick Forest | Fullerton's Gazetteer Chalmers Caledonia General usage |
[Situation] Coterminous with the Parish A popular, poetic, & historical name for the whole or chief part of Selkirkshire. All the country watered by the Ettrick, the Yarrow, and their tributaries, and the kindred districts watered by the districts N. [North] of the Tweed, besides upperward of Clydesdale, were anciently a literal Forest, the remains of the ancient Caledonian Forest. The most numerous woods were Oaks, mingled with Birch & Hazel -- Excepting a few straggling Thorns, & some Solitary Birches, no traces now remain, altho, [although] wherever protected from the sheep, copses soon arise without Planting |
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[page] 159Parish of Selkirk
[signed] R Burnaby Cap. R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers] 7 Sep [September] 1858.
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