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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
NORTH MEIKLEMOSS North Meiklemoss
North Meiklemoss
North Meiklemoss
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Mr Alexander Kennedy Occupier
Mr Charles Smith Whitefields
039 a Small farm Consisting of a dwellinghouse with outhouses and Garden detached. Situated abt [about] ½ Mile N [North] of Loch Slains also abt [about] 25. Chains N.E. [North East] of Round Top Hill
LADIES' BRIG Ladies' Brig
Ladies' Brig
Ladies' Brig
Mr Charles Smith Whitefields
Mr Alexander Kennedy North Meiklemoss
Mr George Gardner East Auchnabo
039 a well known name in the district and is upon a public road forming a water-shed, Situated near the South west end of a Peatmoss known by the name "Thief's Eye Moss'. About 20. Chains S.W. [South West] of the junction of public Roads at Whitefield Tradition seems not to agree about the origin of the name. One version Says that during a feudal Siege upon Forgue Castle that two Ladies of the family made their escape and were overtaken and put to death at the Spot named 'Ladies' Brig' Another version Says that this being the most accessible part of a large morass the Ladies of a neighbouring Laird established a bridge for enabling an access to Church.
THIEFSEYE MOSS Thief's eye Moss
Thief's eye Moss
Thief's eye Moss
Mr Charles Smith Whitefields Occupier
Mr Alexander Kennedy N. [North] Meiklemoss occupier
Mr George Gardner East Auchnabo
039 a well known name of a large peatmoss but the greater portion of which during the last few years having been reclaimed and brought under Cultivation. The N.W. [North West] end of which joins Ladies' Brig and extends north of a Chain of Sandbanks till within 1/10 of a mile N.W. [North West] of a Conspicious Summit Called Round Top. The local Sound of the name is êê viz Thief's êê- Moss. It is Said the Moss is known by the above name for ages past, but how the name originated is not well known. Some attributes the name having originated on account of the fishermen in the by gone days Coming hither to Cut peats and were blamed in helping themselves to their neighbours' peats also.

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Aberdeenshire -- Parish of Slains

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