Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAIMES COTTAGE | Cames Cottage | Robert Grieve, Cames Cottage Thomas Torrance Meadowhead |
006 | A neat cottage in good repair situated near Cames Village the property and residence of R Grieve. |
| KAIMES | The Cames or Cames | Robert Grieve, Cames Cottage Thomas Torrance Meadowhead |
006 | A small village containing 3 Rows of cottages situated about 3½ miles South of Edinburgh on the Peebles Road they are thatched and in middling repair containing about 12 families who are principally of the labouring classes; There are many conjectures regarding the proper derivation of this name; the etymology of which almost remains in obscurity but most probably from what I can glean. that it was from the "Cock's Comb" which assertion is corroberated from its being once called the "Red Cames or Combs" |
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P. 6 D -- List of Names collected by Pte [Private] John E Daveran RS&M [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st Examiner
Field Book No 2
[Object Cames Cottage] House
[Object The Cames or Cames] Village
Liberton Parish
[signed] John E Daveran
11 Nov 1851
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 17 - Parishes of Liberton, St Cuthberts, Colinton and Lasswade, OS1/11/17
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Liberton, St Cuthberts, Colinton, and Lasswade.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian 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 Midlothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.