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Various modes of Spelling the same Names |
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| Ratcheugh | Ratcheugh | Mr Robert Bolam | 63 Chains west of | An Excellent Farm House with | ||
| Ratcheugh | Mr Joshua Tennant | Blacksmith’s Arms | out houses. Most of which are a | |||
| Ratcheugh | Mr Robert Geggie | 1/4 of a mile South of the House | ||||
| Ratcheugh | The Estate Plan | the Alnwick Mercury gives the following Origin | ||||
| of this name namely the Celtic word "Rath" | ||||||
| an earthern Fort or Mound and "Heugh", a | ||||||
| precipitous Rock &c the whole means the | ||||||
| Fort on the Hill or Crag. | ||||||
| Soldier’s Well | Soldier’s Well | Mr Robert Bolam | 66 Chains west of | Traditionally So called by | ||
| Soldier’s Well | Mr Joshua Tennant | Blacksmith’s Arms | its proximity to the Camp the Alnwick | |||
| Soldier’s Well | Mr Robert Geggie | Mercury mentions this object but "why so called | ||||
| we have been unable to ascertain perhaps | ||||||
| from its connection with the Camp". Mr | ||||||
| Binks states that it <u>never</u> goes dry | ||||||
| NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY | North Eastern Railway | Mr William Aitkinson | 18 Chains west of | A line of Railway passing | ||
| North Eastern Railway | Mr Joshua Tennant | Blacksmiths Arms | through this parish. The line extends | |||
| North Eastern Railway | Mr Robert Geggie | from Berwick on tweed to |
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| Several branches | ||||||
| F. McRae Sapper Royal Engineers |
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