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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MAINS BURN Mains Burn
Mains Burn
Mr. J. Inglis
Stockbridge
Mr. J McArthur
Linlithgow Bridge
001 ; 005 [Situation] About 30 Chains W [West] of West Port
A small burn the Continuation of Preston Burn. It becomes the Mains Burn after passing the Union Canal & running in a Northerly direction, keeping E [East] of Linlithgow Mains under the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway and thence under Stock Bridge and Continues its Course W [West] of Loch Mill passing also Little Mill to which it joins a mill lead & thence runs into the River Avon
GALLOWS KNOWE Gallows Knowe
Gallows Knowe
John Hardy Esqr
Provost
Mr. J. McArthur
005 [Situation] About ½ Mile W [West] by N [North] of West Port.
A small hill On the E. [Est] end of the village of Linlithgowbridge, the field it is in bounds the gardens And On this hill nearly a Century ago two Men Named McDonald and Jamieson were hung for highway Robbery. It is a Well Known Name in the locality.

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