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Sheet 51 Plan 9 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
Brownrig Head	Brownrig Head	Edward Lawson Esq	About 29 chains SW NE	A hill of considerable elevation which forms the
	Brownrig Head	Mr Edward Fletcher	of Gorlees Crag	dividing ridge between the parishes of Elsdon
	Brownrig Head	Mr John Fletcher & Parish Plan		and Bellingham

Gorlees Crag	Gorlees Crag	Edward Lawson Esq	About 29 chains SW	A rocky precipice consisting of loose stones and
	Gorlees Crag	Mr Edward Fletcher	of Brownrig Head	extending into the adjoining parish origin of
	Gorlees Crag	Mr John Fletcher		name unknown
		Award and Parish Plan

Andrews Pike	Andrews Pike	Mr Edward Fletcher	About 35 chains N	A pile of rough stones about 8 feet high taking
	Andrews Pike	Mr Nichols	of Brownrig Head	its name from the person who erected it
	Andrews Pike	Mr John Fletcher

	Rooking Moor			See Name Book of S. 51 – P. 5

	Cleughbrae Moor			See Name Book of S. 51 – P. 6

	Brownrig Common			See Name Book of S. 51 – P. 10

				Edw. Gillespie Sapper Royal Engineers

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