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Sheet 42 Plan 13 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
Dead Wood	Deadw Wood	Mr. Dag	40 Chains South	An extensive Wood Consisting
	Deadw Wood	Mr. Gray	West of High Bellshield	of forest trees, & brushwood.
	Deadw Wood	Mr. Anderson		Situated on the South bank of
				the River Rede Well Known by this name.

Birdhope	Birdhope	Mr. Dag	36 Chains South	A small farm house in a good
	Birdhope	Mr. Gray	of High Bellshield	State of repair, with outhouses,
	Birdhope	Mr. Anderson		garden, & yard attached.

Turning Knowe	Turning Knowe	Mr. Dag	38 Chains West	A small eminence on Cottonshope Moor
	Turning Knowe	Mr. Patterson	of High Bellshield	well known by this name. Local
	Turning Knowe	Mr. Anderson		tradition gives this name as originating
				from 1388 in which year the battle of
				Otterburn was fought, that a body of
				Scotch troops were marching from Jedburgh
				to reinforce Earls Douglas & Dunbars Army
				but received orders at this Knowe to turn
				back to Jedburgh, hence the name.

				James Doherty Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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