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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wills Nick | Will's Nick Will's Nick Will's Nick |
George Rodgers Esqr Bridgelands Peter Rodgers Esqr Union Bank James Chisholm Dean of Guild |
012.01 | A hollow, or as it were a nick, in the steep bank extending from the hedge to the public Road, down which, according to local tradition, a man named Will or William, led the army of General Lesly to the haugh below, when on its march from Melrose to Philiphaugh by which means Lesly was enabled to avoid the Town of Selkirk, where the Duke of Montrose had his Cavalry quartered, and to attack and rout his (Montrose's) infantry on Philiphaugh before the cavalry could come to its assistance. See "Border Minstrelsy" by Sir W. Scott for an account of the Battle |
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[page] 74Sheet 12.1 -- trace 3 -- Collected by Robert Young 2nd CorplR.E [2nd Corporal Royal Engineers]
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