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Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 17 - Parish of Crawfordjohn, OS1/21/17

Continued entries/extra info

[Wildshaw Burn] On referring this name the Clergyman and Schoolmaster state that the examiner made a mistake in writing the name Whiteshaw Burn it should have been Wildshaw Burn as written by the examiner on the trace originally
[Situation of Wildshaw Burn] About 40 chains S.E. of New Stables. 42.7
[Situation of Thirstone] About 60 chains N. of Blackburn. on Sheet 42.11
[Situation of Thirstone Quarry] Adjacent to Thristing on Sheet 42.11
[Situation of Strand] About 50 chains S.W. of Netherton. on Sheet 42.12
[Situation of White Rig] About 40 chains East of Thristing on Sheet 42.12

Transcriber's notes

The note ' on referring this name...' is written in the same hand as the written name of the authority Mr A Colthart.
The original entries on the List of names and Various modes of spelling was Whiteshaw Burn. This has been changed to Wildshaw Burn
[Thirstone]The original entry in the Various modes of spelling was Thristing. This has been changed to Thirstone with the note 'altered on reference to authorities'
[Thirstone Quarry]The original entry in the Various modes of spelling was Thristing Quarry. This has been changed to Thirstone Quarry with the note 'altered on reference to authorities'

Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 17 - Parish of Crawfordjohn, OS1/21/17

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Crawfordjohn.

Ordnance Survey - Lanark 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 Lanark, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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