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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
Childerman’s Burn	Childerman’s Burn	Property Plan	66 chains SE	A large mountain stream rising in
	Childerman’s Burn	Revd Henry Morton	of Hog Hill	Barhaugh Common & forming the
	Childerman’s Burn	Dr Gill		boundary between the Phs of Kirkhaugh
				& Knaresdale for a considerable dis
				tance untill it empties itself into Bar
				haugh Burn

Dick’s Cabin	Dick’s Cabin	Mr Walton	40 chains SE	A small ruin on William-
(Ruin)	Dick’s Cabin	Mr Sowerby	of Hog Hill	ston Common it is well known by
	Dick’s Cabin	Mr White		the name

	Snope Common			See Name Book of 106 Plan 13

Hog Hill	Hog Hill	Mr Sowerby	51 chains N of	A small but prominent eminence
	Hog Hill	Mr Walton	Barhaugh Burn	there is a boundary mound on top of
	Hog Hill	Mr Gill		the hill dividing Williamston from Snope Common

Tom Smiths Stone	Tom Smiths Stone	Revd Hy Morton	Plan 106B – 3	A Bdy stone between the Cos of Northumberland
	Tom Smiths Stone	Revd Oct James	23 Ch. SE of the	and Cumberland has the initials AW. CK on its
	Tom Smiths Stone	Mr Norman	NW of margin of plan	sides representing the manor names Alston,
				Whitley, Croglin & Knaresdale. It is said that a man
				named Tom Smith was strangled by accident at
				this place whilst conveying a stolen sheep.
				hence the name.

				Thomas Jordan 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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