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Parish of Kirknewton

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
Cheviot Hills	Cheviot Hills	The County Map	on Sheets	A range of hills or mountains in
		Map of England	13. 15	the South of Scotland: separating
		Map of Scotland	13. 16	throughout a considerable portion of
			14. 13	its extent, the Kingdoms of England
			14. 14	and Scotland.
			14. 15	Some regard this chain as commencing
			18. 3	at Loch Ryan on the West, & extending,
			18. 4	with occasional interruptions
			18. 6	to the head of the Northumberland
			18. 7	Bowmont; but the Cheviots, commonly
			18. 8	So called, lie in the borders of Roxburgh,
			18. 11	and Northumberland, and may be
			18. 12	regarded as Commencing a little
			18. 15	South of the Village of Yetholm.
			18. 16	A little ~~South~~ to the East of the ~~Village~~ Parish
			19. 1	of Yetholm, lies "Cheviot Hill"
			19. 2	or "The Cheviot" in N. lat.: 55 29 19
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				W. Beatty

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