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Sheets 29 A Part 1 Parish of Whittingham (Detd)
24 C Part 13

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
Whitewell Strand	Whitewell Strand	Mr. Geo. Armstrong, High Bleakhope	On Sheet	This name applies to a stream
	Whitewell Strand	Mr. Thos Armstrong, High Bleakhope	29.A	originating west of Shielcleuch Edge
	Whitewell Strand	Mr. Wm Smith, Shepd Low Bleakhope		and flowing in a westerly course
	Strand	A rivulet. A Gutter		falls into the River Breamish.
		Jamieson’s Scottish Dictionary		There is no well bearing the name, White Well
				in Whittingham Detd.

Harpath Sike	Harpath Sike	Mr. Geo. Armstrong, High Bleakhope	On Sheet	A stream commencing south-east
	Harpath Sike	Mr. Thos Armstrong, High Bleakhope	24.C	of the "Scotchman’s Knowe", and flowing
	Harpath Sike	Mr. Wm Smith, Shepd Low Bleakhope		in a westerly course, falls into the
				River Breamish – origin of this name
				not known.

Coldlaw Cairn	Coldlaw Cairn	Mr. Geo. Armstrong, High Bleakhope	On Sheet	A rocky Eminence of a conic
(Shepherds)	(Shepds)		24.C	form, having a shepherd’s Cairn
	Coldlaw Cairn	Mr. Thos Armstrong, High Bleakhope		on its summit, which gives rise
	(Shepds)			to the name, – it is situated on close to the
	Coldlaw Cairn	Mr. Wm Smith, Shepd Low Bleakhope		boundary between the Parishes of
	(Shepds)			Ingram and Whittingham Detd.

				John Callanan 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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