OS1/10/35/134
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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WHITA QUARRY | Whita Quarry (Sandstone) Whita Quarry (Sandstone) |
Mr Clement Brown Crown Hotel Langholm Mr Robert Byres Mason Langholm |
045 | [situation] 46 Chains East from Eskdale House. A considerable sized Freestone Quarry situated on Whita Hill. it is celebrated for the excellent quality of its stone which hardens the longer it is exposed to the atmosphere, the parish Church School House and a number of houses are built out of it, his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch Proprietor |
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[page] 134Parish of Langholm Sheet 45 No 11 Trace 6
[crossed out] Roman Road
Velvet Knowe See Name Sheets for Plan 45.15
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