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| Leehouse Linn | Leehouse Linn | Mr. Hindmarsh | About 20 chains S. W. | A remarkable waterfall in Whiskershield Burn | ||
| Leehouse Linn | Mr. Herdman | of Eastnook | where the stream rushes over a perpendicular ledge | |||
| Leehouse Linn | Mr. Hall | of limestone rock about eight feet in height. Taking its | ||||
| name from an old dwelling House which formerly stood | ||||||
| near to the spot called Lee House now quite demolished | ||||||
| Smiddy Linn | Smiddy Linn | Mr. Hindmarsh | About 30 chains S. E | A very conspicuous waterfall on Bellion Sike | ||
| Smiddy Linn | Mr. Herdman | of Eastnook | where the stream falls over two or three shelving ledges | |||
| Smiddy Linn | Mr. Hall | of rock, with steep crags on each side | ||||
| Whiskershield Burn | Whiskershield Burn | Mr. Charlton | About 5 chains S of | A stream of considerable importance which gathers from numerous | ||
| Whiskershield Burn | Mr. Hindmarsh | Eastnook | springs and marshes on Elsdon Common flowing in a | |||
| Whiskershield Burn | Mr. Keith | Westerly direction and after receiving many tributaries | ||||
| Whiskershield Burn | Hodgsons History of Northumberland | forms a junction with Elsdon Burn a little to the South | ||||
| East of the village of Elsdon it takes its name from | ||||||
| an extensive Farmstead called Whiskershield | ||||||
| situated on its northern margin | ||||||
| Edw. Gillespie Sapper Royal Engineers |
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