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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAAK CLEUCH | Clack Cleuch Click or Claythick Claik Claak or Claick Claak Claak |
James Cowan James Henning Esqr John Henning Esqr Plan of Skelston Old Plan Ancient Val: [Valuation] Roll 1667 Valuation Roll in 1827 |
039 | [Situation] On N.W. [North West] Parish Boundary immediately N.E. [North East] of Skelston Moor. A Small glen extending from the march between the lands of East & West Skelston As a little plantation near the foot of the plan, and through the bottom of which runs the boundary between the Parishes of Dunscore & Glencairn.- There was formerly a farm in this district called Clack from which the Cleuch & Stream have been named. The correct orthography of the word does not seem to be known, but all the people in the district pronounce it as if written Claak or Claick, even the Messrs Henning pronounce it in this way not withstanding the peculiarity of their spelling. Cleugh more applicable to a glen Probably the name has been derived from Clack, geese, or Clack, wool cut off the sheeps mark to make it lighter. |
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[Page] 3Plan 39/8 Traces 2 & 3.
Perhaps the correct orthography is
"Claaick", the farm referred to having
derived its Name from the Circumstance of
its Celebration of Harvest-home termed the
Claaick or Clawick.- This word is still in
Common use in Aberdeenshire; when harvest
is late this feast is termed Maiden Claaick
when late Carlin Claaick. -
Clack Burn - Scored through
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
DANIALSAN, Stoofer
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