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Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 25 - Parish of East Kilbride, OS1/21/25

Continued entries/extra info

[page] 87
County of Lanark -- Parish of East Kilbride


[under list of names is written]
"Calder Water"
The junction of Cleughearn Burn
and Rotten Burn thence
"Rotten Calder"
junction with the River Clyde
[J.B. [John Bayly] Capt. [Captain] R. E. [Royal Engineers]

"Calder (the South) A small river which rises in Elrig Muir, in the Parish of
East Kilbride and running in a north east course, falls into the Clyde, on the south
bank near Daldowie. - It is in the first part of its course called Park burn; and
the Rotten Calder on being joined by the Rotten Burn." -- Fullarton's Gazetteer
Rotten or Rattain - a Park. Jamieson.

[Written sideways under situation column)
"The Calder rises in Ellrig Muir in Kilbride and is at first called Park burn , afterwards Calder Water, and at length Rotten Calder
N.S, Acct. [New Statistical Account]

Note - The greater part of this burn arises through Cleughearn and but a small portion is in the Park farms, it rises from "Park" into "Knoweglass" -Cleughearn Burn only in various by the inhabitants of this place. - [initials] reply to Patrick on Cleuchearn Burn"

[Written sideways at RHS of page]
As I cannot find one person to point out what is termed concludes that the writers used this term merely to imply that the Calder had its rise on the moor near "Ellsrig" without any intentions of giving it as the masses of every particulars tracts of worthless expressions-- reply to Patrick on Elsrig Inquiry.

Transcriber's notes

Lots of difficult to read in extra info. In particular the last sentence. I have no confidence in my interpretation of it.
//signature amended slightly

Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 25 - Parish of East Kilbride, OS1/21/25

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

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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