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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BALLABEG Bellabeg
Bellabeg
Ballabeg
Ballabeg
Valuation Roll 1860.
Rent receipt 1861.
Mr. Ross, banker, Tarland.
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Stuart, Logie Colstone.
081 This name applies to three thatched dwelling houses and office houses; two of them are farm steadings. They are all one storey high and in middling condition. Property of The Marquis of Huntley.
Mr. Ross and Mr. Stuart prefer this mode of spelling the name on account of it being more in accordance with the spelling of its derivation than the above. It is derived from two Gaelic words signifying "little town". It is pronounced as it is spelled in the first mode.
KNOCKDHU Knockdhu
Knockdhu
Knockdhu
Knockdhu
Knockdhu
Rent receipt 1864.
Valuation Roll 1864.
Mr. Ross.
Mr. Stuart.
Mr. James Emslie, Knockdhu, Tarland.
081 A one storey farm steading, thatched and in middling condition: it consists of a dwelling house, stable and byres. Property of The Marquis of Huntley. The name is derived from two Gaelic words meaning "black knowe".

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