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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Arbuthnott | Arbuthnott Arbuthnott Arbuthnott Arbuthnott Arbuthnott Arbuthnott Arbuthnott Arbuthnott Arbuthnott Arbuthnot |
Sheriff's List of Meresmen Land of the Lindsays Memorials of Angus and Mearns New Stat. Act. [Statistical Account] Johnston's Co [County] Map Valuation Roll 1862-63 Mr F Jolly. Meresman. Voter's List Mr Glegg (Banker Bervie) Slaters Directory |
"Authentic documents in the possession of the Viscount Arbuthnott afford the most distinctive evidence that previous to the twelfth century, the name of that family and of the district was Aberbothenothe, that, about 1335, it had become Aberbuthnot, and about 1443, Arbuthnott. Aber denotes the influx of a river into the Sea, or of a smaller Stream into a larger, Both, Bothena a dwelling, a baronial residence, Scotice 'The House,' Neth or Neoth-ea (Jamieson's Scott Dict. Diss. [Scottish Dictionary Dissertation] p. [page] 18) the Stream that descends or is lower than Something else in the neighbourhood, whence the name of Aberbothenothe may be understood to mean "The confluence of the water [continued on page 2] |
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OMO [Ordnance Mapping Office] 29 Novr. [November] 64 [1864]
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