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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GORDON'S STRATH Gordon's Strath
Gordon's Strath
Sir Henry Percy Gordon Bart [Baronet]: Knockespock
Plan of Estate of Knockespock. 1840
052 Applies to a small hollow at the head of Cot Burn, & near to the boundary of this parish with Clatt & Auchindoir Parishes.
MAIRLENDEN STRATH Mairlenden Strath
Mairlenden Strath
Sir H.P. Gordon Bart [Baronet]: Knockespock
Plan of Estate of Knockespock. 1840
052 Applies to a small how or hollow, on the Estate of Knockespock, & situated at the source of Clystie Burn.

This word should probably be spelled Muirlinden".
CLYSTIE BOGS Clystie Bogs
Clystie Bogs
Sir H.P. Gordon Bart [Baronet], Knockespock
Plan of Estate of Knockespock 1840
052 This name applies to a swampy portion of ground out of which rises a number of Springs. Clystie Bogs is situated at the source of Blind Burn.

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[note attached to "Gordon's Strath"] "Strath - A valley of considerable extent" (Jamieson)

[note attached to "Clystie Bogs] "Cliste, Active, nimble, Supple".- (Gaelic)

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