Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEVERAL BURN | Several Burn Several Burn |
William Peebles Farmer Bankhead Cairn Ryan, William Hunter Farmer Cairn Ryan |
010 | A Small Stream of Surface Water collecting of the moors East of its Source and in its course it is Joined by many Small branching Streams of Surface Water likewise Collecting Chiefly on a large Tract of moorland Called the Several its course is an easterly direction and flows into Loch Ryan this Stream near its Source is narrow but widens much in its Course downwards and in many instances its brows on either Side is Steep and rugged and cover'd in parts with Natural Wood an Thorn Bushes. - |
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No. 136
Plan 10.A. List of Names collected by Thomas Smith C. [Civilian] Assistant 1st Examiner
No. of Trace 2. -- [Parish] Inch
[Object] Several Burn - A Stream
[Signed] Thomas Smith C Asst [Civilian Assistant]
1st March 1847.
Transcriber's notes
Contrary to Description, Several Burn flows Westwards.
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 17 - Parishes of Kirkcolm and Inch, OS1/35/17
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Kirkcolm, and Inch.
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown 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 Wigtown, which is in the south west of Scotland.