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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BRAID HILLS Braid Hills Thomas Torrance Meadowhead Dr. Begg. Alnwickhill 006 A number of small rugged hillocks situated South of Blackford hill; and divided from the latter by the Chasm of Braid, this hill is supposed to contain some precious minerals but they have not [ ] worked.
JORDAN BURN Jordan Burn Thomas Torrance Meadowhead Dr. Begg Alnwickhill 006 A stream issuing at the southern base of Craighouse hill from which it takes a S.[South] Easterly course passing a short distance S [South] of Blackford hill from thence through a cultivated plain till it joins the Stream of Braid a short distance South of Duddingstone Loch, this name however is sometimes more vulgarly and improperly called the Pow. See descripition of Scottish Rivers by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder in Tait Magazine Vol. 14.

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List of Names collected by Pl. John E. Darnan RSOM Pl. Examiner
John E. Darnan Nov 2nd 1831

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