OS1/21/17/23

  1. Records
  2. Ordnance Survey Name Books
  3. Lanarkshire OS Name Books, 1858-1861
  4. Lanarkshire volume 17
  5. OS1/21/17/23
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BRAID HILL Braid Hill J. McKenzie Esq. Factor Reverend William Gouldie Minister
Mr Robb Schoolmaster
Mr J. Watson. Merchant.
Johnston's County Map
Forrest's County Map dated 1816		 046.08 A medium sized Rough Pasture Hill the property of Sir T.E. Colebrooke and William Dickson Esq
DRAKE LAW Drake Law
Drakelaw		 J. McKenzie Esq. Factor Reverend William Gouldie Minister
Mr Robb Schoolmaster
Mr J. Watson. Merchant.
Johnston's County Map
Forrest's County Map dated 1816		 046.04 A large and prominent Rough and Heathy Pasture Hill it is the highest point of the range of Hills which extend from Craighead Hill in the East to Braid Hill in the West. there are some old Lead Mines in the Southern side from which considerable quantities of Lead have remained unworked for may years. Drake Law is the property of Sir T.E. Colebrooke
FAGYAD HILL Fagyad Hill J. McKenzie Esq. Factor Reverend William Gouldie Minister
Mr Robb Schoolmaster
Mr J. Watson. Merchant.
Johnston's County Map
Forrest's County Map dated 1816		 047.10 A medium sized Rough and Heathy Pasture Hill the property of Sir T.E. Colebrooke. The origin of its name is accounted for by an old Road which crossed it & formed the communication between Crawford & Crawfordjohn which from its steepness fatigued horses very much hence the name Fag. yad = "tire horse" this old road is now entirely disused
MILL SCAR Mill Scar
Mill Score		 J. McKenzie Esq. Factor Reverend William Gouldie Minister
Mr Robb Schoolmaster
Mr J. Watson. Merchant.
Johnston's County Map
Forrest's County Map dated 1816		 046.03 A medium sized Rough and Heathy Pasture Hill the property of Sir T.E. Colebrooke.

Continued entries/extra info

[Situation of Mill Scar] S.E. of Scarhead on Sheet 46.3
[Situation of Braid Hill] West of Drake Law on Sheet 46.8
[Situation of Drake Law] South of Gilkerscleugh on Sheet 46.4
[Situation of Fagyad Hill] On the East of Drake Law. on Sheet 47.1

Transcriber's notes

The authorities for the spelling of 'Mill Score' is Johnston's Co Map and Forrest's Co Map. The authorities for Mill Scar are the others.
The Situation of Fagyad Hill was originally written as Sheet 46 but this is crossed out and replaced by 47.1

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Crawfordjohn Parish, Lanarkshire County

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