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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
TAPPIE CRUNNICH Tappie Crunnich
Tappie Crunnich
Tappie Crunnich
James Rait Esq. Keig
Mr John Birnie, Upper Glenton
Mr Charles Reid, Upper Glenton
053 A Small hill feature, situated about a quarter of a mile north of Upper Glenton; property of The Right Hon [Honourable] Lord Forbes.
GLENTON Glenton
Glenton
Glenton
James Rait Esq.
Mr John Birnie
Mr Charles Reid
053 This name is applied to a few houses, and a Small piece of arable land, situated about two miles east of Castle Forbes; property of The Right Hon. [Honourable] Lord Forbes.
UPPER GLENTON Upper Glenton
Upper Glenton
Upper Glenton
James Rait Esq.
Mr John Birnie
Mr Charles Reid
053 A farmsteading and dwellinghouse, one storey, slated and in good repair; property of The Right Hon. [Honourable] Lord Forbes.

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Parish of Keig

[Note beside 'Tappie Crunnich'] - "Tappie - Anything raised very high.
Crummaock - Skirret, a plant.
Crummock. - A cow with crooked horns." nom. [nominative] "Crumag - The plant skirret." (Gaelic)
Crummock - A stick with a crooked hand. gen [genitive] Crumaig. (Jamieson)
From an old native I learned that on the Tap was a fine spring well bearing the same name. It is very probable Tappie is a corruption of Tobar & that the name means Well of the gathering. [Initialled] JMcD

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