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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	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Light Pipe Hall	Light Pipe Hall	Mr John Lumsden Senr	On Sheet	This is the name given to a Shepherd’s
		Mr Lumsden Junr	9.15	house on the farm & 1/4 mile south of
		Mr Alexr Scott		Learmouth, (west) the name is local
				and is derived from the custom of
				persons passing and calling to light
				their pipes

Learmouth Entry	Learmouth Entry	Mr John Simpson	On Sheet	A Toll Bar so called at the
(TP)	(TP)	Mr John Lumsden Senr	9.15	junction of the roads from
		Mr John Lumsden Junr		Cornhill, Wark, & West Learmouth

Burrow Bank	Burrow Bank	Mr Dove	On Sheets	An old cover on the road from West
	or	Mr Lumsden	9.14 &	Learmouth to Wark, it is now nearly
	Barrow Bank	Mr Davidson	9.15	bare except a few trees & bushes, and
				as a Rabbit Warren it is sugestive
				of the name of Burrow, in preference
				to that of Barrow, but the information
				is not very satisfactory as to whether
				it should have a name at all

				Robt Young Corpl RE

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