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Parish of Holy Island (Detached) Sheet 11-13

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Cow Road Cow Road Mr George Dick on Sheet A Township road leading off,
Tax Collector 4.13 the turnpike road, from
Cow Road Alexr Lowrey Esqr Berwick, to Belford &c a
Berwick short distance north of the
Cow Road Mr Edward Pringle Miners’ Arms, it is very crooked
Borewell and enters Spittal between
the New, and old Towns of Spittal
Pipers’ Quarry Pipers’Quarry Mr George Dick on Sheet A large Stone Quarry, the com-
Tax Collector 4.13 -mon property of township of
Alexr Lowrey Esqr Spittal, it is situated a short
Berwick distance Southeast of the village.
Mr Edward Pringle When this was an open common
Borewell itinerant muggers &c were in
the habit of encamping here
many of whom were Pipers
Fiddlers &c and used to play
on those instruments for the
amusement of the town’s
people, hence the name –
John McCabe

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