OS1/17/39/96
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GLEN ALBYN | Glenmore nan 'Albin | Gazetteer of Scotland | 083 ; 097 ; 112 | The Great Glen of Caledonia running in a direction from N.E. [North East] to S.W. [South West] accross the whole breadth of the kingdom from the Moray firth 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 than 50 Miles. It is through this Glen that the Great Caledonian Canal runs. |
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96 -- Kilmonavig Ph. [Parish] -- Inverness-Shire[GLEN ALBYN] not sufficient authority for name
[GLEN ALBYN] Adopted from the plans of Capt. [Captain] Bolland & Lieut. [Lieutenant] Coddington's Divisions See their Authorities
[GLEN ALBYN] Glen Albyn Lord Byron's (Child Harold)
[GLEN ALBYN] Glen Albyn Most common mode of pronouncing it
[GLEN ALBYN] On margins of Plans
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