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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY (Strathspey Branch) | Great North of Scotland Railway (Strathspey Branch) | John Smith Esq. Factor, Grantown Mr Grant, Schoolmaster George Anderson, Station Master The Company's Advertisements |
034 ; 046 | A branch of the Great North of Scotland Railway extending from Craigellachie junction to Boat of Garten Station, forming a junction there with the Highland Railway. It passes through the most fertile parts of Strath Spey, from which district it derives its name. Three trains are daily run on it both ways, the first starting form Abernethy by which both passengers and luggage are conveyed. It possesses Electric Telegraph communication |
RIVER SPEY | River Spey River Spey River Spey River Spey |
Colonel Macpherson of Belleville Revd [Reverend] R. Mackenzie, Kingussie Mr J. Cameron, Schoolmaster, Kingussie Mr P. Grant, Schoolmaster Alvie |
073 | A large a rapid river which takes its rise in the Braes of Badenoch near the border of Lochaber. It passes through the districts of Badenoch & Strath Spey and after a course of about 100 miles falls into the Moray Firth at Garmouth. |
BADAN AN DROMA | Badan an Droma Badan an Droma Badan an Droma |
Mr McIntosh, Dell, Rothiemurchus Mr Galbraith, Schoolmaster Rothiemurchus Revd [Reverend] A. McIntyre, Rothiemurchus |
073 | A small round end of a ridge of hill, lying on the south side of a cultivated Knoll called Tullochgrue, it is nearly all covered with Fir Trees. Means Tuft of the Ridge. |
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[Page] 28County of Inverness Parish of Duthil & Rothiemurchus
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