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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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| Elsdonburn | Elsdonburn | Mr. Alexr Thompson | re. Sheet | A small farm house & offices, west | ||
| Mr. Wm Reed | 18. 8 | of Heathpool, now occupied as a Shepherd’s | ||||
| Estate Map | house, It is supposed by some that this name is a contraction | |||||
| of Elve’s or Elfs’ dean i.e.Fairies dean, and that Ell’s Know. is also | ||||||
| a corruption of Elf’s or Elves’ Knowe, and its conjectured the | ||||||
| Glen has been anciently a haunt of Elfs, Elves, or Fairies | ||||||
| but ’tis only conjecture, as the present names are | ||||||
| well authenticated. | ||||||
| Laddie’s Knowe or | Laddies Knowe or | Mr. A Thompson | on Sheet | A low hill N. of Elsdon |
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| Betsy’s Cairn | Betsy’s Cairn | Mr. Wm Reed | 18. 8 | the Estate Maps (1711) it is Betsys Cairn, and on the | ||
| Estate Map | other (1774) it is given as Laddie’s Know. | |||||
| Ell’s Knowe | Ell’s Knowe | Mr. Alexr Thompson | on Sheet | A small conical Know or Knoll South | ||
| Mr. A. Black | 18. 8 | of Elsdonburn House, conjectured as above, | ||||
| Estate Map. | to have been a haunt of the Elves or Fairies. | |||||
| Robt Young Corporal Royal Engineers |
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