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Sheet 50 Plan 7 and 8 Parish of Elsdon

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
Rooken Kilns	Rook~~ing~~en Kilns	Mr Tait	Situated on	Two Lime Kilns situated
	Rook~~ing~~en Kilns	Mr Nichol	Rooking Edge	on Rook Edge. Well known
	Rook~~ing~~en Kilns	Mr Anderson		by this name.
	Rooken	See N. Book of Thorneyburn

	Rook~~ing~~en Moor	~~Mr Tait~~	Extending North	~~An unenclosed track of moorland~~
	Rook~~ing~~en Moor	~~Mr Nichol~~	North West & South East	~~attached to Rooking Farm. Comprising~~
	Rook~~ing~~en Moor	~~Mr Anderson~~	from Rooking Kilns.	~~of hills, hollows, streams &c.~~
	Rooken	See N. Books of Thorneyburn		~~Bounded on the South by Thorneyburn~~
				~~Parish, on the North by Blakehope-~~
				~~burnhaugh Moor & Wool-law Moor.~~

Rooken Edge	Rook~~ing~~en Edge	Mr Tait	Extending N. West	A considerable eminence on
	Rook~~ing~~en Edge	Mr Nichol	& South East from	Rooking Moor, over which the
	Rook~~ing~~en Edge	Mr Anderson	Rooking Kilns.	Boundary between Thorneyburn
	Rooken Edge	Award plan of Blackburn Common		& Elsdon extends.
	Rooken Edge	Tithe Plan of Thorneyburn
	Rooken Edge	Rector of Thorneyburn

				James Doherty Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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