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Parish of Ellingham Sheet 21 - 15

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
Woeful Hill	Woefull Dykes	Township Map –	On Sheet	A Sandy ridge in the north of
	Woeful Dikes	Mr A. Mathison, forester	21.15	"Windylaw Moor" And west of
		Ellingham		Cross Hill. Its is a natural feature
	Woeful Hill	Mr David Colville		And forms a Small Rabbit Warren
		Schoolmast Ellingham		I could not get any information
	Woeful Hill	Estate Map		respecting the origin of this name
	Woeful Hill	Mr Thos Main –
	Woeful Hill	Adopted

Cross Hill	Cross Hill	Same Authorities	On Sheet	A small hill feature, in an
			21.15	arable field in the north of
				"Windylaw Moor" and east of
				"Woeful ~~Dikes~~ Hill". Origin of
				name unknown.

Windylaw Dean	Windylaw Dean	Mr. Thos Main Estate Steward	On Sheet	A narrow ravine, on the farm
	Windylaw Dean	Mr. J. Jackson farmer	21.15	of "Windylaw" And north of the
		Windylaw		farmhouse having a Small Stream
	Windylaw Dean	A. Mathison		running through it, which empties
				itself into "Priestsdean Burn"

	~~Sharplaw Cairn~~	~~Estate Map And Same~~	See Another	~~A boundary Stone, on the march between~~
		~~Authorities~~	page –	~~the townships of Ellingham & North Cha~~
				~~rlton, And having a few Stones around~~
				~~it. It Stands on a Slight elevation~~ x
			x but the name Sharp Law, is
			never applied to this feature –

				John McCabe

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Transcribed by PT