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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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DRUIM HORRAGH | Druim Horragh Druim Horagh |
Donald McLennan Tigheary J. Macdonald Esq Factor A. A. Carmichael Esq |
033 | This name is applied to a ridge situate between Loch Scarie and the county road. No English meaning could be got for the name. |
POST OFFICE (TIGHEARY) | Post Office (Tigheary) | Donald McLennan Tigheary | 033 | This is merely a receiving house, letters arrive from Lochmaddy by travelling post 3 days a week and are despatched the same. The building is a small one storey house thatched, and occupied by a crofter who receives the letters etc. It is under the Lochmaddy Post Office control. |
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Transcriber's notes
As the only other Post Office included in this volume is at Lochmaddy and is clearly separated, the fact that this place name comes almost immediately after another (on the previous page) which refers to proximity to "the Tigheary Post Office", this Post Office here can reasonably be inferred to be (and thus recorded as) the Tigheary oneTranscribers who have contributed to this page.
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