OS1/14/55/2
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Kinnell Parish (Continued | [continued from page 1] in some parts being reclaimed. Lunan Water is the only River in this Parish. The Gighty Burn flowing into it is the next in point of size after which the Pow. flowing to the South Esk, in Farnell, is the next stream of importance. The only actual remains of antiquity is Braikie Castle which is now ruinous. The Sites of Bolshan Castle & the Castle of Whitehills have been identified. Urns, it is stated in the Accounts of Kinnell, have been got in the Glasterlaw and upon the Middy Law (See N. [Name] Sheets of these). There are the Corn Mills of Hatton & Kinnells on the Lunan as well as a Spinning Mill, and on the Gighty there is another Spinning Mill. The Farms & Farm Steadings of Kinnell are large and Bolshan Farm may be mentioned as the most extensive. The Parish Church, which is the only religious house in the Parish, & the School are near the South western Boundary. There is a patronage school in the Muirside of Kinnell, which name applies to a number of small holdings extending more than a mile and a half north & south & between ½ a mile & a mile east & west on the west of Kinnell. |
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[Page] 2Co. [County] Forfar -- Kinnell Parish
[Note]
No portion of this parish is detached.
A small portion of Farnell is contained
within the boundary of this parish, and
a portion of Maryton parish (Detd. [Detached] No. 2)
is drawn on the plans of Kinnell parish.
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Alison James- Moderator, Caspell
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