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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAIRSIEMUIR OR OSNABURGH | Dairsiemuir Dairsiemuir Dairsiemuir Dairsiemuir Osnaburgh Osnaburgh Osnaburgh Dairsie Moor or Dairsiemoor |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Scott Dairsie Manse Mr. Bruce Schoolmaster John Braid Farmer Wester Dron Mr. Brodie Postmaster Post office Stamp Johnstons Co. [County] Map Stat; Acct: [Statistical Account] |
006; 011 | [situation] About 1 3/4 miles N.W. [North West] from Blebo Craigs. A small village on the road leading from Cupar to St. Andrews being about three miles distant from the former. the houses are all regularly built and principally only one story in height with small vegetable gardens attached to each.and are for the most part occupied by weavers. There are also a few Grocers shops a Post Office, and one public House in the Village. This Village is also called Osnaburgh from the Circumstance of the first house that was built in the village being occupied by a weaver who was weaving for some Cupar manufacturers a kind of cloth called Osnaburgh Cloth. The Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Scott says that for the one letter directed to Osnaburgh for any of the inhabitants, there are fifty directed Dairsiemuir. he emphatically states that Dairsiemuir is the proper name. |
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