Packs of wolves i time hunted inwards the forests of Berwickshire. The wolves bring long gone simply they bring left their grade inwards the county inwards the elevate of a small-scale stream,which is called Wolfcleugh Burn (a cleugh is a narrow gorge or chasm alongside high rocky sides).
The University of Glasgow's Berwickshire Place-Name Resource allows y'all to explore as well as larn to a greater extent than virtually the names of villages, towns as well as other locations inwards the Scottish Borders county of Berwickshire. The resources volition last of especial involvement into anyone who is interested inwards toponyms as well as the definitions as well as meanings of onetime British place-names.
The Place-Name Resource allows y'all to search for place-names inwards the county using a release of unlike methods. You tin search for place-names alphabetically. Alternatively y'all tin search using a string (for event entering '*hall' to uncovering all place-names ending ....hall). You tin too search using the chemical cistron glossary which allows y'all to search past times unlike mutual elements flora inwards Berwickshire place-names.
Once y'all bring completed a search of the Berwickshire Place-Name Resource y'all tin persuasion the results on an interactive map. Clicking on an private marking on this map volition opened upwards an information window providing details on the selected location. These details include its entry inwards the OS Name Book. If y'all are interested inwards the important of a place-name as well as thus the 'elements' department allows y'all to persuasion a Definition (where available) of whatever unfamiliar parts of the place-name. For event both Kimmerghame (cow's bridge) as well as Birgham (a settlement beside a bridge) incorporate derivations of 'brycg' - which agency bridge.
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