Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWINESIDE TOWNHEAD | Swineside Townhead Swineside Townhead Swineside Townhead Swineside Swineside Townhead |
George Douglas Estate Plan James Wyllie John Turnbull Valuation Book 1811 Johnston's Map of Roxburgh |
021.16 | [Situation] About 1/2 mile N.E. [North East] of The Law. A large two-story house with extensive Outbuildings garden and an extensive farm of land attached "Chiefly Moorland" the property of the Duke of Roxbro. [Roxburgh] It is supposed that the lands belonging to this and other farms in the district were at one time the property of Kelso Abbey. |
| COLVIN'S HILL | Colvin's Hill Colvin's Hill Colvin's Hill |
George Douglas James Wyllie John Turnbull |
027.04 | [Situation] 1/4 mile East of the Law. A Small Cultivated Knowe or hill on the farm of Swineside Townhead, |
| OXNAM WATER | Oxnam Water Oxnam Water Oxnam Water |
George Douglas James Wyllie John Turnbull |
021.03; 027.04; 028.01 | [Situation] Through Parish in a N.N.W. [North North West] direction. A large Stream having its Source 1/4 Mile South of Browndown Laws from whence it takes a Northerly Course until it empties itself into the River Teviot at the Chain Bridge close to Eckford. |
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Sheet 27.4 Trace 3 -- Parish of Oxnam
[Signed] Samuel S Hill 2nd Corp RE [Corporal Royal Engineers]
Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 31 - Parish of Oxnam, OS1/29/31
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Oxnam.
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.