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Ordnance Survey - Peebles county, OS Name Books - Peebles county - Volume 24 - Parish of Lyne, OS1/24/24

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Extract from Act of Parliament 1621
Anent the plantation of Kirks

Item ane Supplicatione gevin in by Johne
Lord Hay of Yester and ye possessors of
the Landis of Rodouno desyring that the
Samen Landis of Rodouno with the Pertinents
suld be declarit to have bene and to be in
tyme cuming a pairt of the parochin
of Lyns. As also Craveing that it might be
Lawll [Lawfull] to the Said John Lord Hay of Yester to
build a Kirk upon ye most commodious
place of his landis of Rodouno or Megget
for serving of the inhabitants thereof at such
tymes as they suld be impeded by storme
of wether from cuming to the Kirk of Lynes.
This Parish name is to be written as
follows - Lyne - and the
Southern portion to have the name Megget
written as a District name
Bynder
P Quin Sergt RSM [Sergeant Royal Sappers & Miners]

Ordnance Survey - Peebles county, OS Name Books - Peebles county - Volume 24 - Parish of Lyne, OS1/24/24

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

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.

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