Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRIAR'S GRAVE | Friars Grave Friars Grave Friars Grave Friars Grave Friars Grave |
Mr John Gordon Toll Keeper Dewargill Toll Co [County] Edinburgh Mr John Hogg Farmer Blackhopebyre Johnston's Co [County] Map Armstrongs Co [County] Map Companion to Armstrongs Co [County] Map |
010 | [Situation] About 10 Chains N.W. [North West] from Gil Rig Tradition days that in former times a Friar died who had incurred the displeasure of the Church that when he died his body was refused interment in consecrated ground and was burried here hence the name |
| DEWAR GIL | Dewar Gil Dewar Gil Dewar Gil |
John Gordon Dew [Dewar] Gil Toll J Hoog Blackhopebyres |
010 | [Situation] Near Pipers Grave A narrow Ravine or Glen thro [through] which the road from Innerleithen by Heriot to Edinbro [Edinburgh] passes, It is partly in Peebles & Edinbro [Edinburgh] Counties And within its boundary includes the following objects -- namely -- Pipers Grave, Friars Grave & the Gil Well |
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Parish of Inverleithen -- Sheet 10 No 6 -- Trace 1
Ordnance Survey - Peebles county, OS Name Books - Peebles county - Volume 14 - Parish of Innerleithen, OS1/24/14
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Innerleithen.
Ordnance Survey - Peebles 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 Peebles, which is in the south of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.