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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
TOCHER Tocher
Tocher
Tocher
William Leslie Esqr Warthill
Mr John Davidson
Mr Alexander Robertson
036 Applies to a number of farm
steadings with offices etc. attached
the property of William Leslie
Esqr. Warthill house.
OVER TOCHER Over Tocher
Over Tocher
Over Tocher
William Leslie Esqr
Mr John Davidson
Mr Alexander Robertson
036 A farmsteading with offices
& garden attached the property
of William Leslie Esqr.
Site of CAT CAIRN site of Cat Cairn
site of Cat Cairn
site of Cat Cairn
William Leslie Esqr
Mr John Davidson
Mr Alexander Robertson
036 A large Cairn formerly stood
here, it was removed about fifty
years ago by the proprietor and
planted with wood, said to mark the spot
where some great chieftain was slain.
The name "Cat Cairn" is derived from the
British Cad or the Scots Irish Cath which
signifies a battle.

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Tocher, Touchquhare, Tocher- Good. The dowry brought by a wife (Jamieson)
Tochar a causey or ford

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