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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CROY HILL (Continued) | Croy Hill/Contined | 025 | [continued from page 45] The south side of Croy Hill is less steep than the north. From the point where the commencement of the name is written, along the top of the fosse of the R. [Roman] Wall - on the south side of it, to the part south of the "King's Seat" (Trace 4. 019A 16) is the highest part of Croy Hill. The table or top of this Hill is shewn on Traces by a yellow dotted line. |
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| DUMBACK | DumbacK DumbacK DumbacK |
John Baird. Oc. [Occupier] John Cooper. Over Croy P. Hay Drumglass |
025 | A cottars' dwelling on the lands of Over Croy this portion of those lands being the property of a Mrs. Steel. The name is old, well known and spelt as authorized by Prs. [Proprietors] & Agents. The name "Over Croy" is also given to a new steading west of "DumbacK", from being on the Lands of that names, as before stated. But as the name "Over Croy" belongs to the steading north west of this, and the one near DumbacK may be understood, the repetition of the same name to Steadings on the same lands, has been avoided to prevent confu[sion] |
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[Page] 46Dumbartonshire -- Cumbernauld Parish
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Alison James- Moderator, Molly Miller
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