Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELTON COVE | Kelton Cove | William Martin n&s Boreland James Kennedy n&s High Kelton |
055 | A Cove of natural formation Situated in a Large cleft of rock on the farm of Heigh Kelton it is about thirty links long by about 25 links wide and is about 8 or 9 ft [feet] high in the inside of it The Stone of which it is composed is red sandstone. and large quantities of it from about the entrance of this cove have been lately broke up and led away for building purposes - - |
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Plan A -- Dumfries Shire -- List of Names collected by Thomas Smith C. Asst. [Civilian Assistant] -- [Page 131]
Plan A Trace 7
[Signed] Thomas Smith C/a [Civilian Assistant]
2nd December 1850
[Signed] W. Driscoll Gosset Captn.
[Captain] R Engs. [Royal Engineers]
December 31. 1850
Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 12 - Parishes of Dumfries and Torthorwald, OS1/10/12
This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parishes of Dumfries, and Torthorwald.
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.