Volume contents
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- 201 - Wamphray , Title Page
- 202 - Wamphray , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of DRUIDICAL CIRCLE [Windmill Knowe] | Druidical Circle (supposed) | Parish Statistics John Carruthers Kirkhill John Charters Parish Schoolmaster |
025 | The circle stands on the open [---]moor, betwixt the [--] Windmill Knowes, and [---] Stefenbiggin Burn, [---]measures about 12 feet in [---], the stones are very large or firmly fixed and will be shortly removed for building purposes. It may have some Druidical connection but [---] it is said in the district to be something of that but no grounds to believe correctly [ Not worth notice as a druids] |
| STAFFENBIGGING BURN | Steffenbigging Burn Staffenbigging Burn |
John Carruthers Kirkhill Samuel Rogerson Esq [Esquire] Leithenhall Mr Rogerson Fingland See following Page |
025 | Gathers near Howslack and runs westward for about half a mile, after which it is called [---] Burn. Stay-fin-bigging the building at the white steep land this particular description of this and seems the etymology as originally used as also [---] |
Continued entries/extra info
138 Parish of Wamphray Sheet 25.13 Trace 6
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Steffenbigging Burn situation From the junction of Stream 8 Chains South from Drygill Rig South West to Kirk Burn
Note " To set up ones staff" a quaint Scottish legal phrase was applied when parties took up a residence acquired from another by the resignation of a baton or staff. As no information can be obtained in locality respecting the derivation of the name, probably hence the origin of the name - bigging in the Scottish signifies a house. M [Turnor]
John Jane Sapper Royal Engineers
Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 50 - Parish of Wamphray, OS1/10/50
This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Wamphray.
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.