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Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 44 - Parish of Sanquhar, OS1/10/44

Continued entries/extra info

[Page:] 107,
Ph [Parish] of Sanquher [Sanquhar] -- Plan 6.9. Trace 4

[LITTLE CONNELBUSH -Situation:]
Nearly 2 miles
N.W. [North West] by W. [West] from
Sanquhar . -

[Page is signed:]
P Connell
Pte [Private] R.S.&.M [Royal Sappers and Miners]

Transcriber's notes

Entries for WOODLEE and THE BUTT have been struck out with the following comments:

WOODLEE - List of names:
"Woodlee" on the Plan

WOODLEE - Descriptive Remarks:
Has no recognised Name, the one here given
is only used by the occupier & his neighbours
and is derived from the Situation of the house
being near to a Wood on the bank of the Nith
This name is scarcely worth notice.

THE BUTT - Descriptive Remarks:
An ordinary elevation of the land, of no importance
as a feature; the name given by the examiner is only
known to the occupier of the farm.

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 44 - Parish of Sanquhar, OS1/10/44

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

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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