Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CAMP HILL | Mr McLean -Braidwood Rev. [Reverend] S. Moncrieff PenicuicK Manse |
018 | [Situation] Penicuick A Small arable hill upon the farm of Braidwood, [up?] Summit stands the Remains of an ancient oval Camp said in Some writings to enclose Several tumuli. Such objects are now invisible. the Remains of the [?] and fosse are Yet distinct. it is supposed to be [?] or Danish origin |
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| EIGHT MILE BURN | Mr McLean - Braidwood Rev. [Reverend] S. Moncrieff Penicuick Manse |
018 | [Situation] Penicuick A Cot house upon the farm of Braidwood, and near [?] old Road from Edinbr [Edinburgh] to Biggar a streamlet [cr?] the Road at this place which according to the [?] Scotch measure was 8 Miles from Edinbr [Edinburgh] hence the [?] |
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| BRAIDWOOD BRIDGE | Mr McLean - Braidwood Rev. [Reverend] S. Moncrieff Penicuick Manse |
018 | [Situation] Penicuick A County bridge of one arch crossing the "Br[?] Burn " on the Edinburgh and Biggar Road. Ne[?] Braidwood farm house. |
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[Page] 34 Plan 18 A Trace 1
Note] John Mechan [?]
Transcriber's notes
Letters are lost in the gutter binding of all 3 entries.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 48 - Parish of Penicuik, OS1/11/48
This volume contains place name information from the parish of Penicuik.
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.