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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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| Shoreswood Loan | Shoreswood Loan | Mr William Makins | On Sheets | An occupational road leading | ||
| Shoreswood Loan | Mr James R. Nicholson | 6.7 & | in a South direction off the | |||
| Shoreswood Loan | Mr George Davidson, Schoolmaster | 6.11 | Turnpike Road, a short distance | |||
| Thornton School | South of "Thornton Toll Gate", and | |||||
| bears this name to where it joins | ||||||
| the Turnpike Road between | ||||||
| Thorntonpark and Shoreswood. | ||||||
| It is only a green lane, never | ||||||
| having been macadamized. | ||||||
| Peggy’s Whins | Peggy’s Whins | Mr William Makins | On Sheets | A large district of good arable | ||
| Mr James R. Nicholson | 6.6 & | land comprising 4 fields along | ||||
| Mr George Davidson, Schoolmaster Thornton Schools | 6.7 | the west side of Shoreswood | ||||
| Lane before being cultivated it | ||||||
| was a complete forest of Whins | ||||||
| but why it was called "Peggy’s Whins" | ||||||
| I could not ascertain. There | ||||||
| was a well in one of these enclosures | ||||||
| called "Peggy’s Well", but the water has | ||||||
| been converted from it, and brought by | ||||||
| pipes to Thornton | ||||||
Note: Unsigned
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Transcribed by TH
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