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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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| Sandy Knowe | Sandy Knowe | Mr Gray | On Sheet | A low eminence in the middle of | ||
| Mr John Gray | 10.5 | a field belonging to the farm of | ||||
| Mr William Robson | Old Heaton and only known by name | |||||
| on the farm and immediate vicinity. | ||||||
| Black Bank | Black Bank | Mr Turnbull, Tiptoe | On Sheets | A rugged slope on the banks of the | ||
| Mr Mitchell, Tindle House | 10.5 & | Till overgrown with trees and underwood | ||||
| Mr Paxton, Steward | 10.6 | it is a retreat for foxes and in consequ- | ||||
| ence is frquently beaten by the hounds | ||||||
| when hunting. | ||||||
| Straw Ford | Straw Ford | Mr Gray | On Sheet | A Salmon cast on the River Till | ||
| Mr Turnbull | 10.5 | between Tiptoe and Tindle House | ||||
| Mr Paxton | the name is given variously Draw Ford | |||||
| Fra Ford. Straw Ford is adopted in | ||||||
| consequence of a tale respecting the origin | ||||||
| of the name viz. that to facilitate the | ||||||
| passage of a body of Troops or marauders | ||||||
| they placed large bundles of straw across | ||||||
| the stream. | ||||||
| William Boyd Civil Assistant |
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