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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MOSS-SIDE Moss-side
Moss-side
Moss-side
Mosside
Mosside
Mr A. Davidson Tenant
Mr George Chalmers. Oldtown
Mr Alexander Coutts Old Balgove
Valuation Roll 1859-60
A.F. Douglass Esqr. Factor
037 A good farm house with offices yard garden etc attached. Known by this name from being situated near the Red Moss. The property of The Right Hon. [Honourable] The Earl of Aberdeen
POORHOUSES [nr Redmoss] Poorhouses
Poorhouses
Poorhouses
Mr A. Davidson
Mr George Chalmers
Mr Alexander Coutts
037 Three ordinary dwelling-houses or Cottages, for the use of the poor in this portion of the Parish
RED MOSS Red Moss.
Red Moss
Red Moss
Mr A Davidson
Mr G. Chalmers.
Mr A. Coutts
037 A portion of rough ground used as a peat-moss, so called from the appearance of the Surface also from the mineral water which flows from it which appears to be impregnated with iron Several adjacent Cottages or Crofts takes their name from this moss, and are called Redmoss

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