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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GORDON PLACE [Inverness] Gordon Place
Gordon Place
Gordon Place
Mr. A. P. Hay
Name on Corner of Street
Inverness Directory
012 This name is applied to a block of buildings extending along the river from the corner of Bridge Street. The houses are two storeys high respectively and in good repair.
OLD ACADEMY [Inverness] Old Academy
Old Academy
Old Academy
Mr A. P. Hay
Mr John Mackintosh
Fullarton's Gazette
012 "The Old Academy, or hospital, situated near the lower end of Church Street, was bequeathed, in 1668, to the community by the Provost Alexander Dunbar; and, since the transference of its funds, in the form of an annual grant, to the New Academy (Royal Academy) it has been fitted up for a public library, a lady's school, a soup kitchen, and some other kindred purposes". (Fullarton's Gazetteer)

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