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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILLHEAD OF MILLTIMBER | Hillhead of Milltimber Hill of Milltimber |
Mr Sinclair, lessee, Milltimber Revd [Reverend] Mr Dalgarno. Valuation Roll. 1859. |
085 | This is a farm house, tenanted by farm laborers, with office houses, all in good condition. The farm attached to this house is cultivated by Mr Sinclair Property of Mr Robert Duff Fetteresso |
| BEANS HILL | Beans Hill or Biens Hill Biens Hill |
Mr Thomson, Upper Beanshill. Revd [Reverend] Mr Dalgarno Andrew Lawson, South Lasts. Val. Roll [Valuation Roll] 1859. In this authority it is written Beanshill. Revd [Reverend] Mr Allan Mr Smith, Schoolmaster. |
085 | This name is applied to a hill, entirely covered with heathy pasture situated about a fourth of a mile north of Upper Beanshill The mode of spelling adopted on the trace is the most common. Mr Smith traces the root of this name to a German word "bien", meaning a bee, and contends that there never was such a thing as the vegetable bean on this hill. Mostly all the leases of the farms are in the hands of the factor |
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[Page] 36Aberdeenshire -- Ph [Parish] of Peterculter
[Note beside 'Beans Hill'] - Called "Weather Craig" on Plan of Roads
It is, I think, a personal name - Bainishill A D 1598 Bainshill Poll Book cf. Fifeshill
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CorrieBuidhe- Moderator, hastingleigh, Iain496
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