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Sheet 86 Plan 4 Trace 4 Parish of Stamfordham

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Lough House Lough House John Robson 24 Chains N.W. An ordinary farm
Lough House John Wood of Gilchesters house (As the Country around this house
Lough House John Lawson lies low, & must in former times been one
Lough House Co list of Voters vast Lough or swamp, no doubt the name
is derived from this circumstance)
South Lough House South Lough House John Robson 19 Chains South An ordinary farm
South Lough House John Wood of Lough house house, (Lough is the mode locally
South Lough House John Lawson adopted for the spelling of this name, and the
South Lough House Co list of Voters Villagers call any marshy tract of land a
Lough, pronouncing it Loff)
Gilchesters Gilchesters John Robson 24 Chains S.E. An ordinary farm house (the name
Gilchesters John Wood of Lough House indicates a Roman origin, but although the
Gilchesters John Lawson Histories of the Co have been searched & local
Gilchesters White’s Directory Information asked for, nothing of the name could
Gilchesters Revd John F Bigge be authenticated)
Thomas Grehan
Civil Assistant

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