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Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 15 - Parish of Duns (Dunse), OS1/5/15

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The Commissioners of the Burgh of Duns. (Marked in red: "To. O.P. 17.2.96" and initialled)

(Crest of Duns: Invictus
(Burgh of Duns )

James Millar.
Clerk. Duns 13th Febry [February] 1896
N.B. [North Britain]

Captain Jackson
Ordnance Survey Office
Southampton

Dear Sir,

I am in receipt of your letter of 11th inst and in reply beg to state that the usual and authorised spelling of this Town's name is Duns. The spelling was changed in 1881 from Dunse to Duns.

Yours truly,
Jas. Millar [signed]


S. 9.10/48-

Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 15 - Parish of Duns (Dunse), OS1/5/15

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Duns (Dunse).

Ordnance Survey - Berwick 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 Berwick, which is in the south east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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