Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INVERLEITHEN COMMON | Inverleithen Common Inverleithen Common |
William Tait James Nicol |
014 | [Situation] About 1 Mile S.E. [South East] from Lee Bank. This is a one storey dwelling house, with stable and garden attached. Both are slated and in good repair. It is the out house on the farm of Common, which is all sheep pasture. The present tennant is William Laidlaw - and the propr[ietor] the Earl of Traquair. |
| LEE | Lee Lee |
William Tait Farmer James Anderson Shepherd |
014 | [Situation] About ⅝ of a Mile South from Lee Bank. Lee consists of a two story dwelling house (inhabited by a shepherd) with office houses attached - slated and in good repair. At the South-west corner of the buildings is the ruins of a small tower or fort, which is associated in the district with no traditionary interest. It is thought to have been one of the ancient strongholds [but] respecting the date of its erection, or anything connected with its history, tradition is silent. The farm attached to Lee consists of a consi[derable] quanity of arable land - And is the property of John Millar, Milfield. The present tennant is William Tait, Kirkland. |
| LEE BURN | Lee Burn Lee Burn |
William Tait Farmer James Anderson |
014 | [Situation] Runs North of Lee. An insignificant stream rising at the foot of Leeburn Head, and after running in an easterly direction and joining with Mousedean Burn falls into Leithen Water. |
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Parish of Inverleithen -- Sheet 14. No 5. Trace 6.
[Very faint note below Inverliethen Common:]
Should not [the definite]
article 'The' be prefixed
Ordnance Survey - Peebles county, OS Name Books - Peebles county - Volume 16 - Parish of Innerleithen, OS1/24/16
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.