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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MILL OF BETHELNIE Mill of Bethelnie
Mill of Bethelnie
Mill of Bethelnie
Valuation Roll
Mr George Mickie Steward or Manager
Mr John Bruce Lighnot
037 a farm consisting of a goodly sized dwelling with out houses and garden detached. The mill from which the farm derived the name stood abt [about] ⅛ of a mile S [South] of the Site of the present position. The farm is at present in the hands of the proprietor James Lumsden Esqr. of Auchry and Superintended by a Mr Mickie &c:
LIGHTNOT Lightnot
Lightnot
Lightnot
Valuation Roll
Mr John Bruce Occupier
Mr William Grassick Round Leighnot
J. Leith Esq: Balcairn
037 a farm consisting of a dwelling house with out houses and gardens detached, Situated abt. [about] ⅛ of a mile W. [West] of the Co. [County] Road and abt. [about] 19½ m [miles] from Aberdeen of the Same Road The property of William Kilgour Esqr. of Tulloch.
Derivation - A public house at one time stood here, and the Dragoons of the King's Army passing to Culloden, sought refreshment, when the InnKeeper told them to "licht not" (alight not) & they would be served outside.
ROUND LIGHTNOT Round Lightnot
Round Lightnot
Round Lightnot
Valuation Roll
Mr William Grassick Occupier
Mr John Bruce Lighnot
037 Indicates the name of a farm of good buildings consisting of a dwelling house out houses and garden situated at the west end of a roundish hillock which formerly borne the name of said farm; abt [about] ⅛ of a mile S.S.E [South South East] of Lighnot farm, and a little west of the Co. [County] Road. Of the Lands of Balcairn Estate. The property of John Leith Esqr.

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