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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
OLD RAYNE Old Rayne
Old Rayne
Old Rayne
Dr [Doctor] Mitchell, Old Rayne
Mr John Packman, Old Rayne
Mr John Smith, Old Rayne
044 "Old Rayne where is held an annual market named Lawrence Fair"
Statistical Account of Aberdeenshire

A Village in which are a few neat dwelling houses, a School, a Post Office Congregational Preaching Station etc. On a small rising ground, in the middle of the village, and which was surrounded by a moat, there was once a house of residence for the Bishop of Aberdeen: the foundation was discernible in the last century, but has been effaced, and the ground brought under tillage. Here also is a market Cross, consisting of an upright pillar of hewn granite, raised on a pedestal of Circular steps, and measuring nearly twelve feet from the ground to the top, About the middle of this pillar is an iron staple with links, the remains of the jugs, in which offenders were wont to be exposed to public shame.
RIVER URY River Ury
River Ury
River Ury
Dr [Doctor] Mitchell Old Rayne
Mr John Packman
Mr John Smith
044 A small river having its source in close proximity to Broomhill in the Parish of Drumblade and flows in a Southerly direction, forming the boundary between this Parish (Rayne) and Oyne for a short distance, and joins the River Don in close proximity to Inverurie.

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