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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
PENICUIK FOUNDRY Penicuik Foundry
Penicuik Foundry
Revd. [Reverend] A. Torrence
Rev. [Reverend] S. Moncrief
012 [Situation] About 1/2 mile S. [South] from Cuiken.
A small group of buildings originally for a cavalry barra [barracks] and occupied as such during t [the] detention of the French prisoners [of] war in Penicuik at the beginning of the present century It has been since occupied as an iron foundry. There are on an average about 30 persons employed in these works. It belongs to Mrs Susan Paterson of Penicuik.
LOAN BURN BRIDGE Loan Burn Bridge
Loan Burn Bridge
Revd. [Reverend] S. Moncrief
Mr J. Jackson
012 [Situation] About 6 chains N. [North] from Penicuik Foundry.
A Stone bridge of one arc [arch] crossing the Loan Burn where the road leading from Edin [Edinburgh] to Peebles crosses.

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