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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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DUFF HOUSE | Duff House Duff House Duff House Duff House Duff House Duff Ho. [house] |
New Statistical Account. Estate Plan. George Forbes Esqr. Sheriff ClerK. Fullarton's Gazetteer Robertson's Map of Banffhsire &c Black's Map of Scotland |
004.16 | The principal seat of the Earl of Fife, built about 100 years since stands upon a beautiful haugh on the Deveron adjoining the Town of Banff it possess no historical importance. |
DAW HAUGH | Daw Haugh | New Statistical Account. Estate Plan. George Forbes Esqr. Sheriff ClerK. Fullarton's Gazetteer Robertson's Map of Banffhsire &c Black's Map of Scotland |
004.16 | A part of the ornamental pasture land within the policies of Duff House extending along the Deveron from Duff House to the Scury Island. |
KING'S FORD (Disused) | King's Ford | Estate Plan George Forbes Esqr. James Simpson Colleonard |
004.16 | An old ford in the Deveron a few hundred yards above the present Bridge, the old Kings highway crossed here hence the name, the ford is not now used. |
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[page] 86Parish of Banff -- Co. [County] Banff
[signed] William Paton
L Corpl RE [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]
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