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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BURN OF GREENKNOWE Burn of Greenknowe
Burn of Greenknowe
Burn of Greenknowe
Mr. Smith. Farmer, Old Forest.
Mr. Simpson. Farmer. Elrick
Mr. Smith. Farmer Meikle Blackmiddens
042 A brook rising on the Eastern skirts of the Mount of Haddoch, and bending its course for about half a mile in an easterly direction, empties itself into the Ley Water, a few chains to the north west of Backstripes.
GARBET Garbet
Garbet
Garbet
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Ronald. Cabrach
Mr. Smith. Farmer. Old Forest.
Mr. Simpson. Farmer. Elrick
042 This name applies to the portion of the Bogincloch grazing, opposite to Backstripes from Longley on the South to Bogincloch proper on the North, and was formerly a separate farm. It is separated from Bogincloch by a small burn called "Three Burns," which flows into the Ley Water and which rises at the base of the Mount of Haddoch.

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Parish of Rhynie

Note: Garbet - "Garb - A young bird" (Jamieson)
Garbh - Thick, rough, stormy, etc. (Gaelic)

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