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Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 25 - Parish of Holywood, OS1/10/25

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 14,
Parish of Holywood Sheet 48 Plan 2,

[Signed] M Donohue C.A. [Civil Assistant]

Transcriber's notes

There are initials JBJ below each of the entries in the Orthography and also initials(?) in the List of Names - Won?

Barbuie Burn - Other modes of spelling - the first two entries are " - since they seem to be in the same ink as the name written in the 1st column I am assuming the writer is meaning ditto for the spelling in the 1st column.

Descriptive Remarks - all 3 entries - some letters lost in the page fold - best guesses entered

[Mill Bank - Note] If the name applies to the Bank it should be in [St-- on plan] But if it [opens] to the wood - then the description should be " A Wood on a Steep Bank [&c] - not "Steep bank - wooded [&c] [amo]

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 25 - Parish of Holywood, OS1/10/25

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

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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