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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEYS QUARRY | Leys Quarry Leys Quarry |
Mr. Donald Davidson, factor C. Fraser Mackintosh Esq. |
012 | A good whinstone quarry, convenient to Leys Cottages, and but recently opened. Property of Eneas William Mackintosh Esq. |
| CULDUTHEL QUARRY | Culduthill Quarry Culduthel Quarry Culduthel Quarry Castleleathers Quarry |
C. Fraser Mackintosh Esq. Mr. R. Grant, Former factor for estate Mr. Donald Davidson Mr. John Hendrie, Castleleathers |
012 | An extensive whinstone quarry worked by the occupier of Castleleathers farm. Property of Ewan Baillie Esq. of Dochfour. |
| CASTLELEATHERS | Castleleathers Castleleathers Castleleathers Castleleathers - also Castle Leathers Castleheather Castle Leathers Castle Leathers Castleleathers |
C. Fraser Mackintosh Esq. Mr. Dallas Town Clerk Mr. N. R. Grant former factor Lease, dated 1863 Mr. John Hendrie, tenant Revd. [Reverend] L. Thain's History of Moray, 1775 New Statistical Account of Scotland. List of Voters for Inverness 1865-6 |
012 | A very fine, two, storey, slated farmsteading with good offices attached. The tenant wishes to change the name to Castleheather, but this the public dont seem inclined to adopt, the other being an old, well-established name, mentioned in several orks. The following information has been kindly supplied by C. Fraser Mackintosh Esq. respecting this name. "Castle ladderis, or ladders is found as the designation in 1737 of the then tenant a Major James Fraser, in a manuscript of that date. giving the Major's evidence as a witness. In 1537, in a part of the Castle lands of Inverness, printed in the 4th volume of the miscellany of the Spalding Club, the place is thus named "Castletown of Lather". Property of Evan Baillie Esq. of Dochfour. |
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