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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MOAT [Old Rayne] | Moat Moat Moat |
Dr [Doctor] Mitchell, Old Rayne Mr John Packman Old Rayne Mr John Smith Old Rayne |
044 | About 60 years ago this moat was drained and cultivated, it is now scarcely traceable, but Mr John Packman, who is now a man of 75 years remembers of seeing the ditch filled with water and it was then called "The Lochie." |
POST OFFICE [Old Rayne] | Post Office Post Office Post Office |
Mr John Packman Dr [Doctor] Mitchell Mr John Smith |
044 | A post office and dwellinghouse. The post arrives from Insch at 11.45 A.M. and at 4.50 P.M. departs to Insch at 7.50 A.M. and 1.15 P.M. Insch being the Major Office. |
HEADHOUSE | Headhouse Headhouse Headhouse |
Sir J. D. H. Elphinstone, Bart. [Baronet] Mr John Packman, Rayne Mr John Smith Rayne |
044 | A dwelling house, slated &in good repair. It was in this house where the bailie Courts were held, and hence the name, Head House. Property of Sir J. D.H. Elphinstone. Bart. [Baronet] |
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