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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MOURN'S HILL Mourn's Hill Alexander F. Douglas, Esq.
Mr John Tait, Wedderlairs
Mr John Booth, Tarves
037 Applies to a small hillock like place where tradition says that Lady Douglas in her flight from Gight, risked herself after crossing the burn of Keithfield.
RAXTON WOOD Raxton Wood Alexander F Douglas Esq.
Mr. John Tait,
Mr. John Booth,
037 Applies to a wood of considerable extent, situated about a quarter of a mile south of the Mains of Haddo, property of the Earl of Aberdeen.
BURN OF KELLY Burn of Kelly Alexander F. Douglas, Esq.
Mr. John Tait,
Mr John Booth,
037 From the joining of the burns of Keithfield & Raxton to the river Ythan is known as the Burn of Kelly.
Haddo formerly called Kelly, and hence the name Burn of Kelly.
RAXTON BURN Raxton Burn Alexander F. Douglas, Esq.
Mr John Tait,
Mr John Booth,
037 Applies to a small burn flowing through the farm of Raxton, & joins the burn of Kelly, about ½ a mile east of Haddo House.
Known by this name from Uppermill of Tillyhill to its confluence with Burn of Kelly

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