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Sheet 51 Plan 12 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
OtterBurn	Otter Burn	Mr Brown	About 40 Chains N E	A large stream which ~~which~~ gathers from
	Otter Burn	Mr Clarke	of Greenchesters	numerous springs and marshes on Elsdon and
	Otter Burn	Mr Ferguson		Davyshield Commons giving name to the Village, which
				it intersects in its course ~~the~~ to the River Rede

Hotspur Plantation	Hotspur Plantation	Mr Hedley	About 62 chains E	This name is applied to a small narrow strip of wood
	Hotspur Plantation	Mr Clarke	of Greenchesters	enclosed by a stone wall it cannot be ascertained why the
	Hotspur Plantation	Mr Brown		name is here applied but it is generally supposed to be in
				some manner connected with the Battle of Otterburn

Peel	Peel	Mr Hedley	About 47 chains N	The remains of an ancient Border stronghold the walls
(Remains of)	Peel	Mr Ferguson	of Greenchesters	of which are very thick and about 15 feet high the roof
	Peel	Mr Brown		having disappeared it is not known by whom this Peel
				was erected nor by whom it was subsequently occupied

Girsonsfield	Girsonsfield	Mr Hedley	About 105 chains S E	A large stone building with garden and offices originally
	Girsonsfield	Mr Ferguson	of Greenchesters	intended for a Farm House now occupied by Farm Servants
	Girsonsfield	Mr Brown		the property of T. James Esq of Otterburn Castle
	Grassonsfield	Whites Directory

				Edw. Gillespie Sapper Royal Engineers

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Transcribed by SW