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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SURE AS DEATH BANK Sure As Death Bank
Sure As Death Bank
Sure As Death Bank
Sure As Death Bank
James Hay Pilot, Newburgh
William Anderson Pilot, Newburgh
Charles Farrie Fisherman
Andrew Morris Fisherman
005 [situation] About 1/2 a Mile N.N.W. [North North West] of Balmbreich Castle.
A small sand bank visible at low water, and is insulated. It is so called from the fisherman who first fished on it having asserted that he Caught Fish on it; and then Confirmed it by the Common phrase "Sure as Death, I have".
LADY DUNDAS BANK Lady Dundas Bank
Lady Dundas Bank
James Hay Pilot Newburgh
William Anderson Pilot Newburgh
005 [situation] About 7 chains North of Balmbreich Castle.
A small sand bank visible at low water; and is peninsulated. It owes its name to the circumstance of a vessel being wrecked there called Lady Dundass.
WHIRLY KIPS Whirly Kips Revd. [Reverend] R.F . Fisher Flisk
John Mitchell Fliskmiln
Robert Mitchell Pittachop
005 [situation] Upwards of 1/2 a mile S.E. [South East] of Fliskmiln.
A Small Hill on the Farm of Fliskmiln & on the Eastern side of Fliskmiln Hill. The surface though Cultivated has the appearance of Several Small Knowes, hence Kips, the meaning of the name is not Known.

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Parish of Flisk -- Plan 5. A. Trace 1.

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