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Parish of Kirknewton
Sheet 14. 9 Trace 2. 4.

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
Kippie Hill	Kippie or Kypie Hill	Mr. Chrsn Brown	On Sheet	A low hill so called a little S.E. of
		Mr. J. Howie	14. 9	Howtell, & on the boundary between the
		Directory		Phs of Ford & Kirknewton, Kypie is the
	Kippie	Adopted		more ancient name.

Homilton Hill	Homilton Hill	Mr. C. Brown	On Sheet	A small Knoll or hill stuck like a bur,
	or Reedsford Hill	Mr. W. Dodds	14. 9	on the N.W. face of Housedon Hill, it is
		Old Estate Map (1778)		best known as Reedsford Hill, but there is
	Homilton Hill	Adopted		not a doubt, that the former name taken
				from the old map, is the correct one.

Housedonhaugh	Housedon Haugh	Mr. C. Brown	On Sheet	A small holding or farm on the N. Bank of
		Mr. W. Dodds	14. 9	the River Bowmont & adjoining Reedsford
		Mr J Anderson		it is only a thatched house with a cottage
	Housedonhaugh	Should be Compounded.		or two of the same decayed appearance.
				it is sometimes spelled Hauston Haugh,
				but Housedon is the proper name, being
				derived from its proximity to the Hill
				of that name.

				Robt Young Corporal Royal Engineers

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