OS1/17/21/116
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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FORT AUGUSTUS [village] | Fort Augustus Fort Augustus Fort Augustus |
Mr Petrie, Factor Mr McLeod, Post Office Rev. [Reverend] J McDonald, St Peter's |
068 | This is a small village, composed of houses, nearly all of which are one story high, and for the most part thatched, and only in middling condition. It is situated at the south western end of Loch Ness and where the Caledonian Canal enters that lock. It is said to contain 250 inhabitants, and is partly on the estate of Lord Lovat, and partly on the property of A. J. Fraser Esq. Of Glentarff House |
RIVER OICH | River Oich River Oich River Oich |
Rev. [Reverend] J McDonald Mr McLeod Mr Petrie |
068 ; 083 | This is a considerable sized river which runs out of the Loch of the same name, and holds an easterly direction for about four miles when it enters Loch Ness at Fort Augustus it is an Anglicised gaelic name. |
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[Page] 116County of Inverness -- Parish of Boleskine & Abertarff
Fort Augustus - I see letter attached, name altered on plans & by order I Byrue 18th June '83 [1883]
River Oich - The remainder of this River is in Lieut [Lieutenant] [???] work
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