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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STRATHMORE | Strathmore Strathmore |
Mr. Wilson (schoolmaster) Rev [Reverend] Mr. Moon (Ph. [Parish] Minister] |
042 | [Situation] Consists of about half the parish including the N. &. NW. [North & North West] portion. An extensive plain extending from near the City of Perth through Forfarshire and to the German Ocean. It is bounded on the South (through the Ph. [Parish] of Newtyle) by the Sidlaw Hills |
GRAHAME'S KNOWE | Grahame's Knowe Grahame's Knowe |
Mr. Wilson (schoolmaster) Rev [Reverend] Mr. Moon |
042 | [Situation] In the NW. [North West] portion of the parish. Situated about a half a mile north from Auchtertyre. It is supposed that a man named Grahame fell here while engaged in a conflict with the famous McBeth. |
Site of KING'S WELL | King's Well (Site of) King's Well (Site of) |
Mr. Wilson (schoolmaster) Rev [Reverend] Mr. Moon |
042 | [Situation] About 7 chains South of the Newtyle Branch of the Scottish N.En. [North Eastern] Railway. Is situated about one hundred yards to the north east of Grahame's Knowe tradition points it out as a place where McBeath often quenched his thirst. it is now filled up. |
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[Page] 7Parish of Newtyle -- County of Forfar -- Sheet 42 No. 12 Traces 5 & 6
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