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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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KING'S BURN | King's Burn King's Burn King's Burn |
Mr James Patterson Knowhead Mr George Davidson Kingshills Mr William Kennedy Newseat |
036 | A stream rising in a small tract of Moss in the parish of Fyvie about 25 chains north west of the croft of Broombrae in this parish and flowing in a south easterly direction for a considerable distance, it joins the Lochter Burn a little below Fingask House. |
CAMP (Remains of) [King's Ford] | Camp Remain's of Camp Remain's of Camp Remain's of |
Mr James Patterson Knowhead Mr George Davidson, Kingshills Mr William Kennedy Newseat |
036 | Applies to a native Camp situated near to the Kings Ford & said to have been occupied by King Robert Bruce, the ditches attached to the Camp are still very entire & are about 12 inches in depth & the artificial banks are still visible. From Collections of the Shires of Aberdeen & Banff p [page] 580. "Of Ancient fields there was none fought here; only King Robert Bruce kept a camp here, at a straight place Called the Kings Foord lying on the north of the Church one and a half miles, from which the Kings Burn takes its name because it runs exactly by the same." |
NEWSEAT | Newseat Newseat Newseat |
David Seton Esqr Portobello Mr William Kennedy occupier Mr James Patterson Knowhead |
036 | Applies to a croft situated near ½ Mile South of a number of Crofts called Whitemyres in the occupation of Mr William Kennedy and property of David Seton Esqr of Portobello. |
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