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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GAIRNEY HOUSE Gairney House
Gairney House
Gairney House
Gairny
Garney
James Kerr Esqr. of Mawmill
Mr. Peter Craig Schoolmaster Cleish
Mr. Mitchell Gairney House
Johnston's Co. [County] Map
Sibbald's Fife & Kinross
030 [Situation] 3/4 Mile N.W. [North West] of Cleish.
A neat Country Mansion recently erected the property of James Kerr Esquire of Mawmill and Middlebank. It is pleasantly Situated on the banks of the Gairney Water from which it takes its name.
MAWMILL Mawmill
Mawmll
Mawmill
Mawmill
Mawmill
Maw Mill
Mawmilll
James Kerr Esqr. owner
Robert Gentle occupier
Mr. Peter Craig
Map of estate
Bell's Co. [County] Map 1796
Knox's Co. [County] Map 1828
Johnston's Co. [County] Map
030 [Situation] 3/4 Mile N.W. [North West] of Cleish.
A good dwelling house, farm Steading including a Thrashing Mill, which at one time a Corn Mill, and a farm of land Attached the property of James Kerr Esquire Tenant Robert Gentle

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[Page] 63 Plan 30A Trace No.4 Parish of Fossaway.

Note: Gairney is evidently a Corruption of the Gaelic word, Garana which signifies a thicket underwood.
Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]

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