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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BROWN HILL Brown Hill Mr John Mathieson Backburn
Mr Horne, Corncattrach
Mr Alexander Hall, Glennieston
034 A long low hill of no great height covered with Rough pasture and lying nearly North and south. Its highest part is named the "Winds Eye".
OAKEN BANK (Aiken Bank JMcD) Oaken Bank
Sometimes Aikney Bank
Mr John Mathieson Backburn
Mr Horne, Corncattrach
Mr Alexander Hall, Glennieston
034 this name applies to a long low hill lying south west of the Brown Hill, covered with rough pasture and furze. It is said to have been, many years ago, part of an oak forest. Hence the name

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