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Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 41 - Parish of Lamington and Wandel, OS1/21/41

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Lanarkshire -- Lamington and Wandel Parish

"At the foot of one of the hills in this parish, there is a place called "Rob's Bog", which in time of war with England, being covered with rushes by the Scotch, and the English taking it for safe ground and passing it on horseback at full speed perished there." (Old Stat Act [Statistical Account])
"At the foot of a hill in the same neighbourhood, there is a place called Rob's Bog, which obtained its name from the exercise of a stratagem, similar to that which assisted Bruce to achieve the victory of Bannockburn. In the time of the wars between England and Scotland, a part of the English troopers had to pass by this route, and as the bog had previously been covered with rushes by the (over

Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 41 - Parish of Lamington and Wandel, OS1/21/41

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Lamington and Wandel.

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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