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Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 18 - Parish of Jedburgh, OS1/29/18

Continued entries/extra info

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Parish of Jedburgh
Sheet 21. 2. T. [Trace] 4.

Grumphie a vulgar name for a Sow - Dr. Jamieson's Scot. Dicty. [Scottish Dictionary]
Scar - a bare plane on the side of a steep hill from which the sward has been washed away. Dr. Jamieson's Scot. Dicty. [Scottish Dictionary]
The mode hitherto adopted on Plans [initialed] JBJ.

See Descriptive Remark and Authorities, - Page 25 Town of Jedburgh Name Book

Thomas Watson Corp: R.E. [Corporal Royal Engineers]
MacDonald Sapper RE [Royal Engineer]

Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 18 - Parish of Jedburgh, OS1/29/18

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

Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh 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 Roxburgh, which is in the south east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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