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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ALLT A' MHURTAIR Allt a' Mhurtair Mr D. Stewart
A. A. Carmichael Esq
045 Meaning "Murderer's River", and is applied to a small stream, flowing out of Loch an [t-]Seasgain, and entering Bagh Abhainn a Mortair.
SCHOOL [Ballaglasa] School (Boys & Girls) Mr D. Stewart 045 This name is applied to a School building to accommodate 100 pupils, boys and girls, the ordinary branches of education to be taught.
BALLAGLASA Balla Glasa Ballaglasa Mr D. Stewart
A. A. Carmichael Esq
045 Meaning "Grey Walls", and is applied to a small district, situated on the north-west side of Grimsay Island, and west of Rudha Buidhe. The dwellings are all one storey thatched and in ordinary repair. Proprietor Sir J. P. Orde Bart [Baronet].

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County Inverness -- Parish North Uist

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