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Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 23 - Parish of Greenlaw, OS1/5/23

Continued entries/extra info

[page] 4 -- Greenlaw Parish -- W Beatty

Greenlaw (Parish) -- Greenlaw (Parish) -- Continued -- Crops of grain, and belongs to the new red Sandstone formation - The northern division, on the contrary, Consists of a wild moor Clothed with heaths, moor grasses, and the rein-deer lichen - Where the Blackadder leaves the parish a Coarse white sandstone is exposed, and over it lies a dark Claystone porphyry -
For a description of the "Kaims" situated in the northern or hilly part of the parish See Pages -
Dogden Moss, which Consists of about 500 acres, is in Some places ten feet deep - The Peats, when dug from the bottom and properly dried, are little inferior to Coals - The moss rests upon a fine Sand -

Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 23 - Parish of Greenlaw, OS1/5/23

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Greenlaw.

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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