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Sheet 78 Plan 15 Stamfordham Parish

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
Howlaw Burn	Howlaw Burn	Mr. Turnbull	2 Chains North	A small stream having its source
	Howlaw Burn	Mr. George Harrison	of Fenwick Pit	near Moot Law and flowing in a
	Howlaw Burn	Mr. Russell	No 2	S. easterly direction to Fenwick
	Howlaw Burn	Revd John F Bigge		Burn

~~Remains of~~	Remains of	Mr. Turnbull	In the East end	Fenwick Tower was the seat of the
Fenwick Tower	The Tower		of the Village of	ancient family of Fenwick in the
(Remains of)	Remains of	Mr. George Harrison	Fenwick	reign of Henry the Third and continued
	The Tower			in his family till the reign of William
	Remains of	Mr. Russell		The Third, the Fenwick estate is now
	The Tower			the property of Sir Edward Blackett
	Remains of	Revd John F Bigge		Bart. The only remains of the
	The Tower			old Tower now Standing is a wall
	Fenwick Tower	Hutchinson’s History		about 37 feet long 7. 7 thick and
	Fenwick Tower	Grose’s Antiquities		about 10 feet high, a portion of
	Fenwick Tower	White’s Directory		it forms a division wall for one
				of the outhouses the old wall is
				Shaded ~~in shaded~~ in a darker red
				on the examination Trace than the other
				buildings

				M. Costelloe Civil Assistant

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Transcribed by DP and CW