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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BIRNIE RIDGE Birnie Ridge
Birnie Ridge
Birnie Ridge
Birny Ridge
David Reekie
Andrew Christie
J. Stenhouse esqr
Jamieson's Sct [Scottish] Dict. [Dictionary]
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In the west part of the Parish of Auchtertool 5 chains south west of Thistle Ford.
A small arable ridge on the farm of Thistleford.
LOCHGELLY BURN Lochgelly Burn
Lochgelly Burn
David Reekie
Andrew Christie
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In the west part of the Parish of Auchtertool, 2 chains northwest of Thistleford farm house.
A small burn, rising on the farms of Mosside & Moss Marron, and running in an easterly direction, forms part of the boundary between the parishes of Auchtertool and Beath, and empties itself into Loch belly. It bears this name from the junction of the parishes of Auchtertool, Aberdour, & Beath.

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Parish of Auchtertool.
Birny. Covered with the scorched stems of heather. Jamieson.

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