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Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 137 - Parishes of Buittle, Urr and Colvend and Southwick, OS1/20/137

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The Police Commissioners of Gatehouse wish you to have the goodness to inform Mr.McKinn their Clerk &c the cast of a plan of their Burgh on a Scale of 24 inches to a mile and on a scale of 5 ft. to a mile -
By the act of Parliament they should provide themselves with a plan on a scale not less than 5 ft. to a mile and they wish to obey the Act if possible - Could not a good 5 ft. olan be given them from the Six Inch Survey with a very careful examination -
The town of Haddington was Surveyed for the Six Inch and [---] &c on the 5 ft. and it Seemed to answer very fairly -
I will forward the Gatehouse Boundary papers tomorrow -
[signed] J. Winzer
Sergt. RS.M. [Sergeant Royal Sappers and Miners]]

Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 137 - Parishes of Buittle, Urr and Colvend and Southwick, OS1/20/137

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Buittle, Urr, and Colvend and Southwick.

Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright 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 Kirkcudbright, which is in the south west of Scotland.

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