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Sheet 59 Plan 1 Parish of Falstone

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
Hawkhope Cross	Hawkhope Cross	Mr Elliott	16 chains E of	A pile of rough stones about 9 feet in height
	Hawkhope Cross	Mr Headley	Hawkhope Burn	erected near the south end of a strip of loose rocks
	Hawkhope Cross	Mr Jackson		it is not known how it came to have the name cross
				applied to it, nor does it appear to be connected with any
		~~i.e. most probably the name is derived from~~		Memorable event
		~~the Circumstance of the feature being near~~
		~~the "Cross" or "March" of Hawkhope Estate~~
		~~but still within its Boundary~~
			T.J.

Hawkhope Moor	Hawkhope Moor	Mr Elliott	Ceneral Point	An extensive tract of rough Moor land and
	Hawkhope Moor	Mr Headley		rough pasturage The Property of Sir M. White Ridley
	Hawkhope Moor	Mr Jackson

Hawkhope Burn	Hawkhope Burn	Mr Elliott	16 chains W of	An ordinary mountain stream gathering in a
	Hawkhope Burn	Mr Headley	Hawkhope Cross	large portion of wet marshy land in Hawkhope Moor
	Hawkhope Burn	Mr Jackson

Corby Linn	Corby Linn	Mr Elliott	24 chains S W of	A steep rocky crag which forms a waterfall in
	Corby Linn	Mr Headley	Hawkhope Cross	Hawkhope Burn crows have been known to build thier
	Corby Linn	Mr Jackson		nests here hence the name
		Corby the Crow or Raven-
		Brocketts Glossary

				Edw. Gillespie Sapper Royal Engineers

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Transcribed by BFR and BER