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Parish of Simondburn Sheet 76, Plan 15

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Hopeshield Burn Hopeshield Burn Mr Nicholson farmer Stooprigg 41 Chains South A Considerable Stream Rising
Hopeshield Burn Mr Wm Taylor farmer Sharpley of Mount North West of Lonbrough
Hopeshield Burn Mr Wm Moore Simondburn Farm then flowing in a South Easterly direction
Hopeshield Burn Estate Plan until it forms a junction with
Red Burn, from which junction
it flows in an Easterly direction
taking the name Proctor’s Burn
Red Burn Red Burn Mr. Graham farmer Lonbrough 15 Chains A good Stream, extending
Red Burn Mr. Wm Taylor North East of from its junction with Proctor’s
Red Burn Mr Nicholson Mount Farm and Hopeshield Burn, in a
North Westerly direction, it is
known by Red Burn
until it reaches Goatstone
(a Shepherd’s House) Still con-
tinuing in the above direction
taking the name Coal Burn
which portion forms part of
the boundary between the
Parishes of Wark and
Simondburn
George Davison Junior C/A

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