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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GLEN ALBYN | Glen Albyn Glen Albyn Glen Albyn Glenmore-Nan-Albin or Great Glen of Caledonia |
C. Fraser McIntosh. esq [esquire] Inverness Arthur Forbes esq [esquire] Culloden House Mr. George Anderson Inspector of Poor, Inverness Fullarton's Gazetteer Vol1. Page 689 |
012 | Extract from Fullarton's Gazetteer Vol1. Glenmore-Nan-Albin, that is (the Great Glen of Caledonia, is a term applied to that valley which runs in a direction from North east to South-west, across the whole breadth of the kingdom, from the Moray frith at Inverness to the sound of Mull below Fort.William, and the bottom of which is almost filled with a chain of extensive lakes. The distance in a direct line is little more |
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County of Inverness Parish of Inverness & Bona [page] 651st column - under Glen Albyn is written 'This Name cannot be written, until the parish is completed - it having to be written centrical - I have written the name on all the margins -' This statement is then initialled ?JM
Situation 12.9
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