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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Toll Bridge | Oldtoll Bridge | C. S. Plummer Esqr Peter Rodger Esqr Mr Robert Bold |
008.13 | A Small stone bridge of one arch on the turnpike road between "Sunderland And "Yair" & and across "Howdenpot Burn" there was at one time a Toll Bar stood near it. Hence the name. (It's a Co. [County] Bridge) |
| Crow Wood | Crow Wood | C. S. Plummer Esqr Peter Rodger Esqr Mr Robert Bold |
008.13 | A Small mixed plantation, in an elevated situation, a short distance northwest of "Sunderland Hall" the trees are large, and rooks are in the habit of building their nests in them, hence the name |
| Needlehall Boat Pool | Needlehall Boat Pool | Peter Rodger Esqr Mr. Walter Thompson, (Lindean Mill) Mr. George Grey Toll Keeper Sunderland Toll. |
008.13 | A pool in the Tweed immediately north of "Sunderland Hall", there was a public thorofare at one time across the Tweed here to a Small house which stood on the Gallashiels Side of the "River" which at times was fordable near this place, but when the water was high passengers were conveyed over in a Boat which was kept at this place for that purpose -- the Small house above alluded to was called "Needle Hall" |
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[page] 59Parish of Selkirk -- Sheet 8.13 -- Trace 2 & 3 -- Collected by John McCabe
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