Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELDRIG LANE | Eldrig Lane | Alexander Johnstone High [Blackquarter] near Newtonstewa [Newtonstewart] James McWalker High[Blackquarter] |
013 | A Large Stream issuing out of Loch Eldrig forming the meeting between Little Eldrig and High and Low Blackquarters. It runs generally in a Southerly direction and empties itself into the River Bladenoch about 3/4 of a mile South of the farm house of Little Eldrig |
| THE WHITE CAIRN | The White Cairn | James McWalker High [Blackquarter] | 013 | A Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station Standing on an oval Shaped bed of rocks, my informant states that there had been a pile of Stones on the Spot, but there is no trace of them now to be Seen. It is Supposed that the Trig. [Trigonometrical] party called it Eldrig Craig |
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Plan 13 A -- List of Names collected by Pri [Private] Peter Bracken RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners]
Trace 4
[Object]
Eldrig Lane - A Stream
The White Cairn - Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station
[Parish] Penninghame
[Note] I cannot a Second Authority [but]
James Walker is an old man and
lived many years in Big [Eldrig]
[Signed] Peter Bracken
Pri RS&M [Private Royal Sappers & Miners]
30th May 1846
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 29 - Parishes of Kirkcowan and Penninghame, OS1/35/29
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Kirkcowan, and Penninghame.
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.