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Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 5 - Parishes of Dalry and Carsphairn, OS1/20/5

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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
ALLCHERRY CLEUGH BURN	Allcherry Cleugh Burn	James Sloan n & s Carsphairn James Ferugson n & s U [Upper] Holm o'Dalquhairn	003	A Small Stream gathering on the farm of Nether Holm o' Dalquhairn and flowing in a North Easterly direction, passing through Allcherry Cleugh from which it takes its name, and empties into. Holm BUrn Convenient to Upper Holm o'Dalquhairn
MID HILL OF GLENHEAD	Mid Hill of Glenhead	James Sloan n & s Carsphairn James Ferugson n & s U [Upper] Holm o'Dalquhairn	003	A Considerable Sized hill on the farm of Nether Holm & Glenhead the Surface of which is Rough pasture interspersed with a few rocks, it forms a range which has no name, with The Nether hill and Rig of Glenhead

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List of Names collected by John Bray C A [Civilian Assistant] 1st Examiner
Plan 3A Trace 5
Carsphairn Parish

Object
Allcherry Cleugh Burn - A Stream
Mid Hill Glenhead - A Hill

Note, The names Allcherry,
Allhang, Allwhat and
Alltry, I Have made particular
enquiry about their orthography
Considering that they might have been
Alt instead of All but whatever
their origon may have been I find that
they are now pronounced and spelt as given

[Signed] John Bray C/a [Civilian Assistant] Novr [November] 12th 1849

Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 5 - Parishes of Dalry and Carsphairn, OS1/20/5

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Dalry and Carsphairn.

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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