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Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 11 - Parish of Dumfries, OS1/10/11

Continued entries/extra info

Parish of Dumfries -- Plan 49. 8. Trace No. 1 Supplementary -- [Page] 11.


Authorities differ as to the Source of this Stream, some stating
it as rising in the Parish of KirKmahoe And others in the Parish
of Tinwald. - The Stream in KirKmahoe has been recognised as
Park Burn And as such is shewn on Plans and SKetch Maps as
tracing the boundary between that Parish and Tinwald, the latter
Stream in Tinwald is well Known in the locality by the name of
Amisfield Burn, - and as the great majority of the people in the district
State, - Lochar Water (proper) is only formed by the Confluence
of these two Streams near Lochar Briggs. - The only definite
authority which I can find is in the following quotations written by the
Minister in his Statistical Acc: [Account] of Parish of Tinwald "The Lochar commences near a
"small Village upon the Edinburgh Road called Jericho, where two rivulets of nearly the
"Same Size (the one forming for a Considerable space the western boundary of the Parish)
"join together, And afterwards Assume that name.- It separates the Parishes of Dumfries "
and Tinwald so far as they lie Contiguous."

[Signed] J B Junor

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 11 - Parish of Dumfries, OS1/10/11

This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Dumfries.

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.

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