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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CULLERLIE Cullerlie
Cullerlie
Cullerlie
Cullerley
Major Innes
Mr. George Anderson
Mr William Craigmyle, West Mains
New Statistical Account
084 A farmsteading, dwelling house, and offices, one storey, partly slated, and partly thatched, the whole in good repair; the property of Major Innes, who in answer to a query put by Exr, [Examiner] says: " As there is now no East Cullerlie, it will be as well to omit the West, or Wester, and call it "Cullerlie". retaining the old termination" 4th Nov [November] 1864.
SCHOOL [nr Cullerlie] School
School
School
Major Innes
Mr. John Collie, teacher.
Mr George Anderson
084 A commodious house, two storeys high & slated, erected & partly supported, by, Major Innes.
The teacher's salary comes from three sources, namely, Major Innes, Government, and school-fees.
The average attendance, male and female, is about 50.

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County of Aberdeen -- Parish of Echt

[Note relating to 'Cullerlie'] - It is stated in the New Statistical Account that in the lands of Cullerley there is a large Pictish work in the form of a horse shoe, hollowed out, but it is uncertain whether it had been a fort, or a tank, or cistern for holding water.
The examiner states that the above is a myth at least there is no knowledge of its whereabouts. There is no such object name in the parish as Fusee.

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