OS1/4/23/70
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MALTKILN BURN | Maltkiln Burn | George McConachie Alexander Stuart Maltkiln William Stephen |
025.05 | A small burn, so called from its contiguity to "Maltkiln". It is a tributary of "River Fiadach". |
GARDENS | Gardens | Robert Farquharson George McConachie Alexander Stuart |
025.05 | A small farm stead, so called as occupying a portion of the grounds which were formerly the gardens belonging to "Balvenie House". The property of Lord Fife. |
BALVENIE HOUSE | Balvenie House | Alexander Stuart George McConachie Robert Farquharson |
025.05 | A large rectangular building which has been uninhabited for many years, The property of Lord Fife, who keeps it in his own hand. |
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[Page] 70County of Banff -- Parish of Mortlach
BALVENIE HOUSE [note] "Balveny house may be admitted here, a large and modern mansion, one
of the seats of Lord Fife, and built by his father, about a quarter of a mile below
the old castle" Old Statistical Account.
[signed] Robert Kane
Sapr R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
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