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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
CHAPELPARK WOOD	Chapelpark Wood Chapelpark Wood Chapelpark Wood	Mr. John McBean, Gamekeeper Mr. Alexander Burnett, Wedderlairs Mr. J Mackie, Chapelpark	037	This name applies to a narrow belt of plantation and extending in length from the Burn of Keithfield to the Brainjohn Wood. The name is derived from the farm so called near which it extends.
BACKHILL OF COURTSTONE	Backhill of Courtstone Backhill of Courtstone Backhill of Courtstone	John Hepburn Esq. Surveyor Mr Adam Smith Tenant Mr Forbes Angus Tenant	037	This name applies to Three ordinary Cottages or Crofts with outhouses, gardens & a few acres of land each. This was formerly part of the farm of Courtstone, from which it is named.
COURTSTONE	Courtstone Courtstone Courtstone	Valuation Roll 1859-60 A.F Douglass Esq Factor Mr. I. Scrogie Tenant	037	A good farm house with offices garden etc attached, formerly there was an old house stood about here, at the end of which there was a shelving or projecting stone, sometimes used as a seat, and commonly called the Courting Stone, which was the origin of the present name Courtstone.

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Parish of Tarves

I believe that both J Mackie in Chapelpark and I. Scrogie of Courtstone should end with an e and not an r

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