Volume contents
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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HODDOM SAW MILL | Hoddom Saw Mill | William Gillies Sawyer Hoddam Bridge End James Paterson Farmer Townshawhead |
057 | [Situation] Nearly 1ΒΌ mile N.W. [North West] by W. [West] from Upper Brydekirk -- Consists of a stone building two storeys high having suitable apparatuses for sawing timber, both foreign and homegrown: The machinery is driven by water power & by an overshot wheel which is 16 feet in diameter and two feet wide. The average number of hands employed are four. It is occupied by William Gillies and is the property of Admiral Sharp of Hoddam Castle near Annan |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of Annan -- Sheet 57 No 11 -- Trace No 1
[Note Saw Mill Burn (crossed out)]: Not recognised in Ph. [Parish] as a proper Name.
Transcriber's notes
Words lost in fold of page.
Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 1 - Parish of Annan, OS1/10/1
This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Annan.
Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Dumfries, which is in the south west of Scotland.