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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
UPPERMILL Uppermill
Uppermill
Uppermill
Mr. William Sutherland, Tenant.
Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Pratt, Chaplehill
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Ross, Manse Cruden.
031 This name is applied to a farmsteading and a corn mill. The mill is driven by the Water of Cruden, and is situated in the centre of a rocky gorge; the Farm is situated on the top of the cliff. Dr. [Doctor] Pratt in his history of Buchan says that this is the wildest spot along the course of the Water of Cruden. It is the property of Mr. Gammel Edinbro' [Edinburgh].
WATER OF CRUDEN Water of Cruden
Water of Cruden
Water of Cruden
Mr. William Sutherland, Tenant.
Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Pratt, Chaplehill
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Ross, Manse Cruden.
031 ; 032 The Water of Cruden is a sadly-harassed brook, being employed in its short course of seven miles, to turn the following mills :- 1. Mill of Auchleuchries, near the junction of its two original streams, - the one from the Bog of Ardallie, the other from the Mosses of Auchleuchries; 2. The Carding Mill of Auquharney; 3. the Mill of Hatton; 4 the Upper Mill; 5. the Mid Mill; 6. the Mill of Ardendraught; 7. the Nether Mill. Besides these several threshing-machines lay its services under contribution. It abounds in deep pools and rapid streams - the delight of the angler; and in spite of the damage done to it by thorough-draining, is still a good deal frequented by the lovers of "the gentle art". Pratt's history of Buchan Page 44.

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