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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLE CROFT | Castle Croft Castle Croft Castle Croft |
Mr John Ingram Tenants Rev [Reverend] James Peter Minister Bridge of Leslie Mr Duncan Skinner Cot-town |
043 | This name is applied to a small enclosed field where it is said a Castle once stood. |
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[page] 19Parish of Leslie
Castle -"There was also a Castle at New Leslie a little to the west of the present
Castle of Leslie the foundations of which were lately dug up.
Extract from Statistical Account of Aberdeenshire 1843
House of New Leslie -" The house of New Leslie lies a mile to the northwest from the church upon the
brow of a green hill of the same name. the house is gone to ruin but there
is a good fir planting."
From Collections of the shires of Aberdeen and Banff 1843.
"On the west of the castle is New Leslie, formerly a seat of a branch of the
exhuberant Laures Leslaeana".
The Ionean Tourist page 293
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