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Sheet 105 Plan 13 Parish of Bywell St Peter

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
Derwentside Wood	Derwentside Wood	John Fewster	23 chains east of	A small wood of fir &
	Derwentside Wood	Thomas Askew	Jerry’s Leap.	forest trees which takes its name
	Derwentside Wood	John Askew		from its proximity to the
				River Derwent.

River Derwent	River Derwent	John Fewster	4 chains East	A considerable River running
	River Derwent	Thomas Askew	of Jerry’s Leap.	in a serpentine form to where
	River Derwent	John Askew		it joins the River Tyne.

				Thomas Grehan Civil Assistant

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Transcribed by TH