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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLTNACISTE | AllnaCeist AllnaCeist AllnaCeist |
Rent Receipt Mr A. McIntosh occupier Mr John Davidson Milltown |
068 | Applies to a crofters house on the public road leading through Corgarff and about ½ mile west from Corgarff Church, the property of Sir Charles Forbes, Newe Castle |
| DIKEHEAD | Dykehead Dykehead Dykehead |
Mr A Davidson, Advocate Aberdeen Mr A Durward occupier Mr McHardy Manse Corgarff |
068 | A farm steading, with dwelling house & garden situated on the public road & about ¼ mile west from Corgarff Church, in the occupation of Mr A. Durward and property of Sir Charles Forbes, Newe |
| BOGLACH GORM | Bog Gorm Bog Gorm Bognum |
Mr William Shaw Castletown Mr J. Farquharson Dulridge Mr James McHardy Greenbank |
068 | Applies to a marshy peice of ground situated a few chains south of Dykehead |
| TOM BÀN | Tom Ban Tom Ban Tom Ban |
Mr William Shaw Castletown Mr J. Farquharson Dulridge Mr J. Durward Luib |
068 | Applies to a small hillock situated a short distance south east of the farm of Luib |
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[Page] 125Parish of Strathdon
[Note beside 'Boglach Gorm']
Bog tho' [though] properly an adj. [adjective] is constantly used as a noun. Bog gorm I think is right [Initialled] JMcD
Gorm. Blue. azure. blue of whatever shade: also green as grass. 'Feur gorm', green grass,
Gorm. A blue Colour; A grassy or green plain. (Gaelic)
[Note beside 'Tom Bàn']
Tom. A round hillock or knoll. A rising ground. A swell. An eminence; Any round heap.
Ban. Baine, white, pale, wan. fair. fair haired; Also vacant, waste, light in colour. (Gaelic)
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