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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GOULAR Goular Mr D. McInnes Tenant Hougharry
J. Macdonald Esq Factor Newton
033 This name applies to a small farm house belonging to the glebe, situated about 8 chains north west from the church, it is built of stone thatched and in middling repair. The property of the Revd John McRae Baleloch.
KILMUIR GRAVE YARD Kilmuir Grave Yard
Kilmure
Mr D. McInnes Tenant Hougharry
J. Macdonald Esq
Admiralty Chart
033 This name is applied to the place where the church is and the height where the graveyard is, ie, the name applies to the church and graveyard, the graveyard is situated about 1/2 chain north east from the church.
TRAIGH NAM FAOGHAILEAN Traigh nan Faoghailean
Traigh na Faoilean
Mr D. McInnes Tenant Hougharry
J. Macdonald Esq Factor
A. A. Carmichael Esq
033 This name is applied to a large sandy beach situated about 20 chains west from the church, this beach had formerly been used as a race course at low water. The property of Sir J. P. Orde Bart [Baronet]. Signification "Beach of the rising sand".

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