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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BRAES OF ABERNETHY Braes of Abernethy
Braes of Abernethy
Braes of Abernethy
Rev [Reverend] William Forsyth, Abernethy
Mr James Grant Schoolmaster
Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland
046 ; 060 A district name applied only to the hilly ground in the southern part of Abernethy; in the glens of which are several small farms. The name extends from the boundary between the Counties of Banff and Elgin on the south; to the farms of Lurg, Ellon, and Lynbreck, and thence along the boundary between Elgin and Inverness to the Bridge of Brown on the north; and from the Burn of Brown on the east, to the farms of Ellon and Lynbreck on the west. All on the estate of the Earl of Seafield.

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County of Inverness Parish of Abernethy and Kincardine (Part of)

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