Volume contents
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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ALLERMUIR HILL | Allermoor Hill Allermuir Hill |
James Steedman, Farmer, Boghall Rev. [Reverend] A. Torrance, Glencross County Map |
012 | A large hill, the surface of which is partly rocky and heathy. It is upon the farms of "Boghall" and "Swanson". It is one of the Pentlands. |
WINDY DOOR NICK | Windy Door Nick | J. Steedman, Boghall Robert Duncan, Farmer, Falford |
012 | A hollow between Allermoor and Kirk Yetton hills on the farm of Boghall. It is a very bleak place, very much exposed to the wind and from which circumstance it takes its name. |
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 31 - Parishes of Currie, Colinton, Lasswade, Penicuik and Glencourse, OS1/11/31
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Currie, Colinton, Lasswade, Penicuik, and Glencourse.
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.