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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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[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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