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Various modes of Spelling the same Names |
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Situation | Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest |
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| Middle Skerr | Middle Skier | Mr James Dixon | on Sheets | A large bed of irregular | ||
| Middle Skier | Mr James Wood | 7.2 & | rocks, chiefly flat, a few | |||
| Middle Skier | Mr Alexr Patterson | 7.6 | prominent and some loose | |||
| Skerr a Ridge of Rock – Jamieson’s Scottish Dictionary | boulders – |
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| Near Skier, by a bed of fine | ||||||
| sand |
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| east of Scremerston Lime Works | ||||||
| Scremerston | Scremerston | Mr Ralph Richardson | on Sheet | Very extensive Limestone | ||
| Lime Works | Lime Works | Foreman | 7.6 | Quarries, and three large | ||
| Scremerston | John Grey Esqr. Agent | Kilns, kept constantly burning | ||||
| Lime Works | the lime, which is sent to | |||||
| Scremerston | Mr Edward Pringle | different parts by the N.E. Rail | ||||
| Lime Works | way – from which there is a small | |||||
| branch, leading to the Kilns &c | ||||||
| attached are |
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| neat Cottages, having small yards | ||||||
| and are occupied by the work | ||||||
| -men. The Coast is constantly changing | ||||||
| its appearance here, from excavations | ||||||
| and debris thrown from the Quarries | ||||||
| John McCabe | ||||||
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