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Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 27 - Parish of Hutton and Corrie, OS1/10/27

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Parish of Hutton -- Plan 44-9 Trace 5

Birscaback [note] Mr. Stewart Factor for J.J. Hope Johnstone of Raehills M.P. [Member of Parliament] remarks upon
the spelling of this name that "Birsca was originally the general name
of the two farms now called Paddockhole and Birscaback. About 1700
it was divided into two. The northern part was called Birscaback - the
Southern portion was in Titles called Birscashank - but the houses being
built at Paddockhole, the farm acquired that name," hence the
apparent disparity as P [per] authorities quoted.

[Signed] W. Paterson c/a [civilian assistant]

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 27 - Parish of Hutton and Corrie, OS1/10/27

This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Hutton and Corrie.

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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