Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| BACKBRAES | Backbraes Backbraes Backbraes Backbraes |
William Carter A. Walker Rl Engrs [Royal Engineers] Map 1819 George McHaffie Esqr |
034 | [Situation] 1 3/8 miles west of Whithorn. A farm house & Offices in tolerable repair on the estate of Stair H. Stewart Esq. of Physgill & Glasserton the boundary dividing the parishes of Whithorn & Glasserton runs thro' [through] this farm. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 20 -- Parish of Whithorn
Form No. 136
Page 96 -- Backbraes
Entry for Blacks Plantation scored out " Description given with Trace 5 "
Entry for Mill Hill scored out
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 84 - Parishes of Glasserton, Sorbie and Whithorn, OS1/35/84
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Glasserton, Sorbie, and Whithorn.
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.