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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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NEWSTEAD | Newstead | Mr John Carstairs Springfield Revd [Reverend] S. Moncrieff PenicuiK Manse |
018 | A small farm house with a few acres attached the property of Mr S. Carstairs of Springfield |
KINGSIDE EDGE | Kingside Edge | Mr John Carstairs Springfield Revd [Reverend] S. Moncrieff PenicuiK Manse |
018 | An arable ridge upon the farm of Kingside and Newstead tradition speaks of some of the Scotch Kings visiting the locality on hunting excursions hence the name, upon its summit stands a Trigl. [Trigonometrical Station] called after the farm. |
LEAD BURN | Lead Burn | Mr John Carstairs Springfield Revd [Reverend] S. Moncrieff PenicuiK Manse |
018 | A streamlet issuing from a small laKe near the masnion of "Whim" and meandering in a north easterly direction (dividing the Counties of Midlothian & Peebles) joins "Black Burn" above the Village of PenicuiK, how it gets its name cannot correctly learn, no lead is in the Vicinity, but the Rev [Reverend] Mr Moncreiff thinKs it is from the Mill Lead at "Ann's Mill |
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