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Ordnance Survey Office
Kelso 12th August 1859 [12 Aug 1859]
Sir
I have received Instructions
to pay the utmost attention
to the orthography
of names on the Plans
of the Government Survey
of Scotland, and as a
question has arisen
respecting the mode to
be adopted in writing
Innerleithen, or Inverleithen
Parish, Co. [County] of Peebles, I
shall feel obliged
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Peebles 10 August 1859 [10 Aug 1859]
Sir
The name of the
Parish you refer to is spelt in
The Law Courts
Leases & conveyancy of
Property
Wills and Bequests
Innerleithen, & the
same mode of Spelling
is otherwise generally
used. I have examined the Titles
of two of the oldest
families in the county
(whose properties are in
that parish) from
1675 downwards &
Innerleithen is
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Ordnance Survey - Selkirk county, OS Name Books - Selkirk county - Volume 6 - Parish of Innerleithen, OS1/30/6
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Innerleithen.
Ordnance Survey - Selkirk 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 Selkirk, which is in the south east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.