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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GLEBE [PARISH CHURCH, HOUGHARRY] Glebe (Hougharry) Mr D. McInnes, Tenant, Hougharry 033 This name applies to the land attached to the parish church, it is bounded on the south by a fresh water loch and on the north by the main road, part of the land is let to small tenants, the remainder the Minister farms, it is all excellent fertile ground.
LOCH NAM FEITHEAN Loch nam Feitheann
Loch nam Feithean
Mr D. McInnes, Tenant, Hougharry
A. A. Carmichael Esq
J. Macdonald Esq Factor
033 This name is applied to a large fresh water loch, three fourths of it is a marsh thickly grown with wild grass. The property of Sir J. P. Orde Bart [Baronet]. Signification "Loch of the deep places".
TRAIGH BHAN Traigh Bhan Donald McLennan Tigheary
A. A. Carmichael Esq
033 Is applied to a sandy beach situated north and adjacent to the hamlet of Hougharry. The name signifies "White Strand".

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The Glebe needs to be associated with a place: as the only 'authority' describing it comes from Hougharry and as one of the other place names on this page is in/near Hougharry, the Glebe itself presumably belongs to Hougharry

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