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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legerwood | Legerwood | stream, abut the little cataract; and the whole is shaded by same thriving hues - In consequence of lying lower than the road - too, it is not miserved until the passenger is almost in a condition to look down upon it, when the real scene may almost be forgotten, in the likeness which it presents to a Dutch Picture----. There is a considerable variety of soils in the Parish, which in general take their character from the underlying rock - Upon Boon Hill, the soil is clayey and very deep, and upon much of Legerwood Hill also the soil is a deep reddish clay - The Graywacke is covered to the top of the hills, by a thin gravelly and unstransported soil, which, on their sides, becomes deep and productive; and upon the sandstone rock, wherever the soil is good, it is a mixed soil, partly its own, and detached masses, and partly transported from the conglomerate of the hills --- There is also resting upon it occasionally, chiefly in spots, or at the ends of fields, a |
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6 Legerwood Parish
Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 30 - Parish of Legerwood, OS1/5/30
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Legerwood.
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.