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List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
County of the Borough	County of the Borough	5 & 6th Wm IV. Cap. 76. Sec. 109	The etymology of the word Berwick
and Town of	and Town of	Robt Home Esq.	has often been the Subject of
Berwick upon Tweed	Berwick upon Tweed	Clerk of the Peace for	explanation by many authors; but
		the Town of Berwick	none of them have agreed
			satisfactorily upon the derivation
	Mr. Home was written to on this subject, by Major Burnaby		of the word. Some have affirmed
	on 23 February 1860 – and recommends this name – but		it is of Saxon origin, others
	"Liberties of Berwick" not to appear on plans –		that it is Teutonic; and there are
	o.m.o.		those who have not scrupled to ascribe
	3, March 1860	its name to the ancient Britons. Vic or Wick is a name that implies a
		village situated on a hill; and Ber may be construed into a stream
		sweeping round a corner or angle of a hill joining the sea.
		Camden derives it from the Saxon Beopnicapic, signifying
		the town of the Bernicians. Among the various etymologies
		given of Berwick, that of Aberwick is not the least possible;
		for Aber signifies a River, and Wick a Town; hence the name
		of Berwick dropping the preliminary A. The situation
		of Aberdeen, Aberbrothwick, Abergavenny, Abervystwith &c are

			W. Beatty

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