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Sheet 107 Plan 10 Parish of Allendale

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Lowcross Cleugh	Lowcross Cleugh	Mr Shield	About 24 chains N.W.	~~A small mountain stream which~~
	Lowcross Cleugh	Mr Renwick	of Knockshield Dodd	~~forms a tributary to Knockshield Burn~~
	Lowcross Cleugh	Mr Stephenson		A small but rugged ravine through which
				an inconsiderable mountain stream flows
				emptying itself into Knockshield Burn.

Highcross Cleugh	Highcross Cleugh	Mr Shield	About 23 chains W of	~~A small stream issuing from a good spring~~
	Highcross Cleugh	Mr Renwick	Knockshield Dodd	~~and forming a tributary to Knockshield Burn~~
	Highcross Cleugh	Mr Stephenson		A small ravine a stream flows thro’
				it which empties itself into Knockshield
				Burn.

Knockshield Dodd	Knockshield Dodd	Mr Shield	About 29 chains S. of	An ordinary Hill on Allendale Common
	Knockshield Dodd	Mr Renwick	High Knock Shield
	Knockshield Dodd	Mr Stephenson

High Knock Shield	High Knock Shield	Mr Shield	About 29 chains N of	The name is given to two
	High Knock Shield	Mr Renwick	Knockshield Dodd	indifferent Farm Houses
	High Knock Shield	Mr Stephenson

				Edw. Gillespie Sapper Royal Engineers

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Transcribed by BS and JHS