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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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HILL OF DUMEATH | Hill of Dumeath | Val [Valuation] Roll 1866 & 1867 Mr Stevens. Schoolmaster Glass Mr Stronach Farmer Town head |
026.13 | A steep hill on the estate of the Earl of Fife of Heather and rough pasture |
CHAPELHILL | Chapelhill | Val [Valuation] Roll 1866 & 1867 Mr Stevens. Schoolmaster Glass Mr Stronach Farmer Town head |
026.13 | This name applies to the whole of the small crofts on the west side of the Chapel Burn |
HIGHLANDMEN'S MOSSIE | Highlandmen's Mossie | Val [Valuation] Roll 1866 & 1867 Mr Stevens. Schoolmaster Glass Mr Stronach Farmer Town head |
026.13 | In the year 1689 The Highlanders burned the House of Edinglassie then the property of Mr Gordon - who after lying in wait for three weeks - managed to seise at random some 18 of the stragglers, whom he hanged on the trees in his garden - they where all buried together on the wash - since known by the "Highlandmen's Mossie" |
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[Page] 9Parish of Glass -- County of Banffshire
[signed] A J Dransfield SRE [Sapper Royal Engineers]
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