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A [http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofi00westuoft#page/44/mode/2up/search/Thayetmyo brief comment] that in 1877-8 Thayetmyo was a Frontier Station<ref>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofi00westuoft#page/44/mode/2up/search/Thayetmyo ''Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer''], page 44 by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org.</ref>
'''Allanmyo''' situated on the opposite (left) bank of the river, about half an hour upstream by boat, contained extra barrack accommodation for European troops, in case of an epidemic breaking out at Thayetmyo.
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Thayetmyo<br>
It is likely that Thayetingo, where British troops were based, is the same place as Thayetmyo. If not, it seems Thayetingo would be located somewhere in the Thayet District.
==External links==
==== Historical books on-line ====
*[https://archive.org/stream/inlandwatertrans00rang#page/n82/mode/1up Map of the Irrawaddy River c 1951] showing Thayetmyo, facing page 43 ''Inland Water Transport Board (Irrawaddy Section)'', published September 1951 or later. Archive.org
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_360.gif Thayetmyo Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23 page 354<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea#page/728/mode/2up "Thayet District"] , page 728 ''The British Burma Gazetteer Volume 2, A-Z'' (1879) Archive.org
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0he1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA114 "Annual Sanitary Report of the Station of Thayet Myo, for 1858-59"] by J. L. Ranking, Esq., Ex-Officio Sanitary Officer, page 114 ''Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science'' Volume 2 1861 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wHECAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA392 "Report of an Epidemic of Cholera at Thayetmyo, British Burmah in 1869, especially with reference to its appearance in the head-quarters and right wing of Her Majesty’s 76th Regiment"] by Surgeon WA Thomson, M.B. 76th Regiment, page 392 ''Army Medical Department Report for the year 1869'' Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/ficuselasticainb00stre#page/12/mode/2up Thayetmyo] page 12 ''The Ficus elastica in Burma proper or a narrative of my journey in search of it : a descriptive account of its habits of growth and the process followed by the Kakhyens in the preparation of caoutchouc'' by G. W. Strettell. 1876 Archive.org [Natural rubber, or India rubber]
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/358/mode/1up Thayetmyo] page 252 ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897 “South East Asia Visions” Cornell University
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