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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 |
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| Youly Sike | Youly Sike | Mr. Wood | 18 Chains East of | A small stream extending north | ||
| Youly Sike | Mr. Nichol | Quickening Coat | from its confluence with Ridlees Burn. | |||
| Youly Sike | Mr. Ord. Shillmoor. | |||||
| Red Sike | Red Sike | Mr. Wood | 67 Chains East of | A small rivulet flowing in | ||
| Red Sike | Mr. Nichol | Quickening Coat. | a northerly direction until it | |||
| Red Sike | Mr. Ord, Linshields | unites with Ridlees Burn. | ||||
| Green Gairs | Green Gairs | Mr. Wood | 52 Chains S. East of | An eminence north of Dykeham’s Edge part | ||
| Green Gairs | Mr. Nichol | Quickening Coat. | of which is overgrown with herbage of a much | |||
| Green Gairs | Mr. Ord. | richer hue than that of the surrounding ground | ||||
| Gairs – pieces of green land. this word does not appear in | ||||||
| "Brockett’s Glossary "Gears" appears in the above book | ||||||
| meaning "riches of any kind" the inhabitants pronounce | ||||||
| "Gears" quite different to the feature "Gairs" | ||||||
| John Davison Sapper Royal Engineers |
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Transcribed by ARJC
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