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Parish of Ford
Sheet 10-11 Trace 3
Sheet 10-7 Trace 2

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Watchlaw Watchlaw Mr Robert Wilson A small farm house and offices
Estate Map situated near the eastern extremity
Mr Mathew Paxton On Sheet of the parish, it is the Earl of Glasgow’s
10.11 property and tenanted by Mr Wilson
The name is supposed to have
originated at the time of the Battle of Flodden
when the Earl of Glasgow is said to have had
a post of observation at this place
Hazely Hill Gatherick Mr Brown tenant On Sheets A long ridge of land scarcely
Hazely Hill Estate map 10.7 & deserving to be termed a Hill. it
Mr Thomas 10.11 it situated at the north side of the parish
and partly belongs to the farm of Berryhill
Hazelyhill Plantation Hazelyhill Plantation Mr Paxton On Sheets A narrow strip of plantation on
Mr Lyall Junr Woodend 10.7 & the north side of Hazely Hill and
William King 10.11 named from the vicinity
Watchlaw Cover Watchlaw Cover Mr Robert Wilson On Sheets A small rectangular
Estate Map 10.7 shaped piece of ground
Mr Mathew Paxon 10.8 on Watchlaw Farm
10.11 & considered a pretty good
10.12 Fox Cover
William Boyd Civil Assistant

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Transcribed by LF

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