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Hartburn Parish Sheet 70 Plan 11

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
Punch Bowl	Punch Bowl	Richard Rochester	24 Chains South	A hole in the form of a bowl excavated in a
	Punch Bowl	John Fenwick	East of	large rock, it’s said in
	Punch Bowl	John Stott	Shaftoe Grange	the neighbourhood that
				it was formerly used by
				wedding parties for the
				purpose which the name
				implies, beneath the
				Punch Bowl is a stone
				Known by the name of the
				Piper’s Chair upon it sat
				the Piper when piping to
				the happy couples.

Pipers Chair	Piper’s Chair	Mr. R. Rochester	24 Chains South East	A small rock beneath the
	Piper’s Chair	Mr. J Fenwick	of Shaftoe Grange	Punch Bowl, used formerly
	Piper’s Chair	Mr. J. Stott		as a seat ~~for~~ by the professors
				of that instrument on festive
				occasions.

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Transcribed by SW and JMCN